Norman Cross Prison
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Norman Cross Prison in Huntingdonshire, England, was the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp or "depot". Constructed in 1796–97, it was designed to hold prisoners of war from France and i
Plan of Norman Cross barracks and prison in 1813
A painting of Norman Cross c. 1797
Model of Norman Cross by M. Foulley in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris; photographed in 1913
Model of the Block House made by a French prisoner in 1801; photographed in 1913
West Norfolk Militia
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The West Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military regiment in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia. First organised during the Seven Years' War it carried out internal security and home defen
c. 1759–1763 painting of the Norfolk Militia being reviewed
c. 1758 portrait of the Western Battalion officer Thomas de Grey
The Norfolk Militia undergoing musketry training in 1759
c. 1780 engraving of an East Norfolk Militia private