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Album of Photographs relating to the Island of St. Helena and prisoners of war.  Sergeant Arthur Jones, number 4507, is recorded as having been stationed on St. Helena from 20 Feb 1901 to 3 Nov 1902 - clearly guarding the Prisoners of the South African (Boer) War.  Formed of 96 images held within album pages and eight loose images.
Longwood House, St. Helena was the site of Emperor Napoleon’s Captivity between Oct 1815 and May 1821 when he died.
During the South African ‘Boer War’ 1899-1902 St. Helena was again used as a Prisoner of War Camp.  Between 5000 and 6000 Boer POWs were held on the Island, camped on Deadwood Plain and Broad Bottom. 
The first 514 POWs landed at St Helena from the SS Milwaukee on 14 Apr 1900, including General and Mrs Cronje and his military staff.  The General and his wife were accommodated in ‘Kent Cottage’.
Further POWs arrived, 394 on board ‘Lake Erie’ in Apr 1900, 1099 on board ‘Bavarian’ on 1 May 1900, and the last ship was the ‘Mongolian’ which arrived with 649 POWs on 3 Feb 1901.  A total of 4689 men.
More arrived in 1902 with 1050 POWs on board the ‘Orient’ and others on board the ‘Britannia’.
Peace came in Jun 1901 and this was followed with the return of the POWs, the first of which on board the ‘Canada’ on 26 Jun 1901.

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Photograph: View of Jamestown, St. Helena from off shore.  Including St. James Church.

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Photograph: View of Jamestown, St. Helena from off shore.

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Photograph: View out to see from Jamestown, St. Helena, showing two large sailing ships and several smaller ships.

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Photograph: View of Jamestown, St. Helena, from hill above the town, including St. James’ Church.

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Photograph: St. James’s Church, Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of Defensive wall and out to see, Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Jacobs Ladder, Ladder Hill, Jamestown, St. Helena.  699 steps lead up to the fort on the top of the hill.

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Photograph: View of steep slop to the side of Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Main street of Jamestown, St. Helena.  Including Jackson’s Chemist, the Soldiers and Sailors Institute

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Photograph: Group of men out side ‘Te Huis’ Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Semi-rural street scene, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape view. St. Helena.

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Photograph: The Boer General Piet Cronjé who was held at Kent Cottage on St. Helena from 1900.

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Photograph: Group of British soldiers and others, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape of St. Helena, which includes a house.

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Photograph: Landscape of St. Helena.

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Photograph: Tortoise on St. Helena.

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Photograph: St. Paul’s Church, St. Helena
“Situated in the country, on the hill at the back of Plantation House.  The church is capable of accommodating about 500 persons, and the style of architecture is the early English.  Since the closing of the Burial grounds in James Town, the churchyard attached to St. Paul’s has become of additional interest, not only to the inhabitants, but also to strangers visiting the island, many of whom have friends or relations interred in this beautiful spot.”
From: Views of St. Helena, Illustrative of its Scenery and Historical Association from Photographs by G W Melliss, Surveyor General of the Island, 1857.

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Photograph: Tented Prisoner of War Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape view, St. Helena

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Photograph: View of St. Helena from the sea.

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Photograph: View of Jamestown, St. Helena, from high vantage point looking out to see over the whole town.

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Photograph: Cliffside, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Footbridge, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Chapel? St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape of St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape of St. Helena

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Photograph: Landscape of St. Helena

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Photograph: Landscape of St. Helena

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Photograph: Settlement in bay, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of headland and island, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of St. Helena from off shore.

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Photograph: View of St. Helena from off shore.

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Photograph: Landscape view, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Cannon, St. Helena.

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Photograph: St. Matthew’s Church, Longwood, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape with view of St. Matthew’s Church, Longwood, St. Helena.

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Photograph: St. Matthew’s Church, Longwood, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Longwood House, St. Helena.  The home of the Lieutenant Governor

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Photograph: Longwood House, St. Helena.  The home of the Lieutenant Governor.

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Photograph: Photograph of portrait of Emperor Napoleon

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Photograph: Photograph of painting, ‘Death of Napoleon’

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Photograph: Site of Napoleon’s memorial. On May 5th 1821, Napoleon I° passed away on the island of St Helena, where he had been in exile ever since 1815. He was buried close to a spring, in the shadows of a few weeping willows, in the "Geranium valley". His remains rested there until October 15th 1840. In 1840, King Louis-Philippe decided to transfer the body. French sails men, under the Prince de Joinville command, brought back the coffin to France, aboard the "Belle Poule" ship.

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Photograph: Napoleon’s Memorial, St. Helena

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Photograph: Napoleon’s Memorial, St. Helena

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Photograph: Small house in woods

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Photograph: Landscape view of St. Helena.

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Photograph: Prisoner of war camp, distant view, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Huts in Prisoner of War Camp, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of prisoner of war camp showing huts and tented accommodation.  Probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners of war in camp, alongside tents and with washing drying.  Probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Group of Boer Prisoners posing for photograph.  POW Camp, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners in tents, probably Deadwood Camp, St Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.  ‘Transvaal Café’

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Group of Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Group of Boer prisoners who had attended a school in the camp. 

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, four men looking on at a fifth who does not appear well.  Probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Two Boer prisoners, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer Prisoner, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Boer prisoners stood in front of tent and wooden hut, probably Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Landscape view.

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Photograph: General view of Boer Prisoner of war camp, probably Deadwood Camp, with British/Imperial troops and horse drawn wagon.  St. Helena.

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Photograph: Male and female figure, man with violin?

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Photograph: Man as Napoleon?

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Photograph: View of woods.

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Photograph: View of coastal fort

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Photograph: The sea front at Jamestown in storm.  St. Helena.

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Photograph: The sea front at Jamestown in storm.  St. Helena.

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Photograph: Scene with soldiers Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Man stood next to large packing case. Addressed to Chaplain Martin, 4th Gloster Regiment, Stroud, Gloucestershire.  St. Helena.

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Photograph: Indians and others on board a boat.

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Photograph: Jacobs Ladder, Jamestown, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of tents, with Longwood House in the distance, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of countryside/landscape, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of countryside/landscape, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Marble bust.

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Photograph: Off shore view of the island of St. Helena.

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Photograph: Group on St. Helena, including Sergeant Arthur Jones of the King’s Own, extreme left on the back row, standing.  King’s Own Collar Dogs visible.

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Photograph: View of countryside/landscape, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of Jamestown, looking inland, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Countryside view with tented camp in the distance.

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Photograph: Plantation House, St. Helena.  The home of the Governor.

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Photograph: View of countryside/landscape St. Helena.

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Photograph: Houses/buildings. St. Helena.

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Photograph: Plantation House, St. Helena.  The home of the Governor.

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Photograph: View of mountains, St. Helena.

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Photograph: View of headland, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Tented camp, probably Prisoner of War Camp, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Two soldiers sat outside stone buildings.

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Photograph: Two soldiers sat outside stone buildings with dogs and caged birds to rear.

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Photograph: Jacobs Ladder, up Ladder Hill, Jamestown, St. Helena.  699 Steps.

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Photograph: Cannon and fortified wall

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Photograph: Group photograph of prisoners – “18 Different Nationalities in Deadwood Camp, St. Helena”

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Photograph: Boer Prisoners in town, outside Church, St. Helena.

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Photograph: Two men, St. Helena.  On the right is believed to be the Boer General Piet Cronjé,  Photograph by A L Innes, St. Helena.  Photographers stamp on rear.

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Photograph: Boer prisoner sat outside hut and other Boer prisoners looking at photographs on side of hut.

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Photograph: Deadwood Camp, St. Helena.  Distant view of  prisoner of war camp.

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Photograph: ‘Lappies Dorp’ Broad Bottom Kemp, St. Helena, 14 Aug 1901.  General view of huts and prisoner accommodation.  ‘Dorp’ meaning village.