WWI Scottish POW's at the German Sennelager POW camp. The name Sennelager literally translates as "camp on the Senne", a name originating from 1851 when the Prussian Army used the area as a training camp for their cavalry. It then became a training facility for the armed forces between 1888 &1918 and was used as a POW camp for British and French soldiers , civilians and captured merchant seamen (including fishermen).

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