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Prisoners of war

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Charles Bernard Denston: Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10248
Scope and Contents

Autobiography, short stories, poems, personal recollections of working at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Duckworth Laboratory of Physical Anthropology in Cambridge, press cuttings and printed material on the experiences of former prisoners of war held by the Japanese.

Dates: 1938-2012
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Correspondence and papers covering the period when Munby was held as a German prisoner of war, 1940-1945

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8229
Scope and Contents

The camps which Munby was imprisoned were Laufen (1940-1941), Warburg (1941-1942) and Eichstätt, (1942-1945), following his capture in Calais in May 1940 while serving as an officer in the Territorial Army.

Dates: 1940-1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).