The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816Walker, Thomas (Thomas James)
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The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire. 1796 to 1816
Walker, Thomas (Thomas James)
France -- History -- 1789-1815; Norman Cross depot; Prisoners of war
Chouquet, M., marriage, 216
Christian, Sir Hugh Cloberry, transport commissioner, 7
Clothing:
British prisoners in France, 238
Correspondence with French government relative to provision of, for
prisoners, 75–88, 108–109, 272–285
Uniform provided by British Government, 73
Coeymans, Albertus, marriage with Ann Whitwell, 206
Cooke, Arthur, picture of plait merchants and French prisoners, 135–136
_Coquille_, _La_, frigate, capture, 51
Corn, prisoner, name on a silk holder, 97
Cotes, Captain, British agent in Paris, correspondence relative to
treatment of prisoners of war, 80, 81, 109, 271–272, 281
Cotgrave, Captain, agent at Dartmoor, treatment of the “Romans,” 116–117,
121–123
Cox, Colonel, effort to effect exchange, 198
Craig, Mr., inspection of Norman Cross Prison, 16
Cramer, Jan, escape, 158
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Dack, C., curator, references to, 128, 130, 132
Dartmoor Prison:
Account of the “Romans,” 111, 112–123
Chapel built by prisoners, 125
Cheerfulness of prisoners, 109
Date of construction, 1
Granite used for, 12–13
Health of prisoners, 167
Numbers at, in 1811, 286
Records of the “Cachot” quoted, 65–66
Tragic suicide of a prisoner in 1814, 253
David, Jean Baptiste:
Engaged in illicit trade, 141, 183, 184–185, 187, 188
Passport of, 310–311
Davis, Rev. Father A. H., on Sunday trading at Norman Cross Prison, 99
Davis, Rev. Father Robert A., reference to, 19
Davis, _History of Luton_, on straw plait industry, 138
Decourbes, Captain, duel with Captain Robert, 216–217
Delafons, John, appointed agent, and instructions to, 38–40, 44
De Lancey, General, defalcations and inquiry into, x.–xii., 9
De la Porte, Jean: _See_ La Porte, Jean de
Delapoux, John Andrew:
Appointment at Norman Cross, 59, 247
Baptism of children, 178–179
Marriage register, 59
Denmark:
British prisoners of war in, reference to, 238
Prisoners of war in England, 249
Dent, Challoner, storekeeper at Norman Cross, 49
Deschamps, Nicholas, trial for forgery, 66–67
Devoust, Lieut., parole prisoner, 216
De Winter, Admiral, defeat of Camperdown, 51
Dobee, Joseph, Captain of _La Sophie_, parole prisoner, 215
Draper, Captain John, R.N.:
Agent at Norman Cross, 38
Humane treatment of prisoners, 143–144
Drummond, Hugh, baptism of son, 179
Du Chattelier, Charles Lewis de Salmon: _See_ Salmon du Chattelier
Duels:
Frequency, 159
Record of those at Verdun, 315, 320, 327
Duncan, Admiral, battle of Camperdown, 51
Dundas, Mr., Secretary of State, prisoners of war controversy with
France, 71, 80, 109
Dussage, Pierre, assumed name of Nazarean, 195
Dutch prisoners of war:
English service joined by, 55
Good conduct of, 107
Marriages to English girls, 206–209
Number in England, 203
Parole prisoners at Peterborough, 194
Registers at Norman Cross, 268
Sent to Norman Cross, 51
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