Photograph - 'German Prisoners from Messines at St. Omer', France, Sergeant John Lord, World War I, 1916-1917, Black and white photograph which shows a large group of German prisoners of war, captured at the Battle of Messines, being marched through St Omer. During World War I St Omer was used as the British Royal Flying Corps Headquarters and as a result, a transit camp for most British flight squadrons. 7,000 German prisoners of war were captured at the Battle of Messines.
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