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
On Parole. French Prisoners. Danish Prisoners.
Officers, Army 1,615 —
Officers, Navy 718 —
Masters and Mates of 211 33
Merchant Vessels
Captains, etc., of 176 —
Privateers
Passengers and other 211 3
Persons of Respectability
Servants to Officers 149 —
Women and children 115 —
3,231 36
In Confinement
Soldiers 22,916 5
Seamen, taken in 11,198 305
Men-of-War
Seamen, taken in Merchant 4,076 977
Vessels
Seamen, taken in 10,146 530
Privateers
All others 1,045 15
Women and Children 37 —
49,418 1,832
Abstract.
Prisoners belonging to 24,567 5
the Army
Prisoners belonging to 26,525 1,845
the Navy
Others 1,557 18
52,649 1,868
N.B.—There are not any prisoners in Ireland.
Total, French prisoners 52,649
Total, Dutch prisoners 1,868
54,517
(Signed) RUP. GEORGE, J. BOWEN, J. DOUGLAS.
(_Parl. Pap._ 1812, vol. ix., p. 225.)
In reference to this return it may be here mentioned that very few of the
Danes were brought to Norman Cross, either in the first period of the
war, or in the second period in which this return was made.
{204} _French Prisoners’ Lodges_, by John T. Thorp, Leicester. Printed
by Bro. Geo. Gilbert, King Street, 1900.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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