Daily rations for enemy prisoners of war in England, WW1
A table displaying the rations given to enemy prisoners of war interned in England during the First World War. The picture was taken at a POW camp in Leigh, Lancashire and shows 1 1/2 lb of bred, 1/2 lb meat, 1oz of coffee or 1/2 oz of tea, 1/2 oz of salt, 2oz of sugar, 1/2 oz of pepper, 1/20th of a 1lb tin of milk, 8oz of fresh vegetables, 1oz margarine and 2oz of rice, beans, lentils or peas. Sounds quite generous
Picture No
14102124
Media ID
45626954
Size
5500px x 3571px
(1.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 19 August 1916
Date
1916
