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
Tucker, Lieutenant, description of life as prisoner of war, 234–235
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Usury, misery caused by, and efforts to prevent, 107–111, 113–123, 276,
281, 283, 285
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Valenciennes, prisoners of war sent to, 236
Vanderaa, Charles Peter:
Career, 208
Marriage with Lucy Rose, 207
Vandome, naval officer, linguist, 216
Vattel, Emérie de, on treatment of prisoners of war, 4
Vattel, Joseph, marriage with Sarah Spilsbury, 216
Verdun, British prisoners of war at:
Experiences of, 223–238
Register kept by the Rev. John Hopkinson, 312–341
Vergette family, descent, 69
Victoire, Mme, of France, patroness of the Bishop of Moulins, 183, 293
_Ville de L’Orient_, _La_, capture, 51
Vinter, Mr., 133
Vird, Lieutenant, 217
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Wages:
Paid to prisoners of war, 125
Rates of, in Norman Cross district (1797), 16
Walker, George, Surgeon:
Appointment, salary, and allowances, 168, 287, 288, 289
Marriage, 24–25
Reference to, 260
Wallis, Lieutenant, on allowance to parole prisoners, 199–209
Warne, General, suicide at Verdun, 87
Wellington, Duke of:
On exchange of prisoners, 218
Prisoners of war sent from the Peninsula, 259
Whitwell, Ann, marriage with Albertus Coeymans, 206
Wilberforce, William, Yorkshire election of 1807, 182–183
Wood, Timothy, tried for murder, 151
Wood carving by prisoners of war, 132
Woodriff, Captain, R.N.:
Agent at Norman Cross, 38, 40, 45–46
Biography, 265–267
Charges against, refuted, 86
Epidemic among prisoners, 164
Gambling and usury in prison, report on, 107–108
House at Norman Cross let (1802), 243
Inquiry into causes of mutiny on the _Marquis of Carmarthen_, 48–49
Letter on clothing for prisoners, 275–276
Order to prevent malingering, 171
Price of provisions and rates of wages, report on, 16
Prisoner of war in France, 235
Wotton, Sarah, marriage with Berthold Wyeth, 208
Wyeth, Berthold J. J., marriage, 208
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Yeomanry, class enlisted from and duties of, 8
Yorkshire election 1807, 182–183
Ysbrands, J., Captain of the _Courier_, 207
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FOOTNOTES
{0a} Fortescue: _History of the British Army_, iv. 904–6. Clode:
_Military Forces of the Crown_, i. 240.
{0b} _The Story of Dartmoor Prison_, by Basil Thomson. (London: William
Heinemann. 1907.)
{0c} _The French Prisoners of Norman Cross_. A Tale by the Rev. Arthur
Brown, Rector of Catfield, Norfolk. (London: Hodder Brothers, 18, New
Bridge Street, E.C.)
{4} Vattel, _Les Droits des Gens_, book iii, chap, iii, sec. 49, p. 150.
{5} “Prisoners of War,” _Chambers’ Journal_, No. 21, 1854, p. 330.
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