Fort Verdala

Fort Verdala, also known as Verdala Barracks, is a fortified barracks in Cospicua, Malta. It was built by the British in the 1850s within part of the bastions of the 17th century Santa Margherita Lines. The fort was used as a prisoner-of-war camp in both World Wars, and was later known as HMS Euroclydon. It remained in use by the British military until 1977.

St. Clement's camp for prisoners of war, 1914-1918[edit]

Bakery (konditorei)
football game
Choral society
Theatre group
Music band (154)
Fussballklub "Gemütlichkeit"
Egyptian political prisoners in Malta, 12 April 1919 (Mohamed Mahmoud, Isma'il Sidqi, Saad Zaghloul, Hamad el-Basel)
German POWs (143)
POWs (138)
SMS Emden POWs in Malta (Photo Lechter)
Music band
Release of Austro-Hungarian PoWs from Malta, September 1919

Postcards[edit]

Emden-Besatzung (Lagerpostkarte). Photo Lechter
Osterkarte 1917, Kriegsgefangenen Lager Malta

Camp Nachrichten[edit]

Camp Nachrichten (German POWs)
Camp Nachrichten (Austro-Hungarian POWs)
Camp Nachrichten (Ottoman POWs)
Camp Nachrichten No. 17 of 18 August 1915

Kaiser Wilhelm II's birthday, 27 Januar 1917[edit]

Geburtstagsfeier S.M. Kaiser Wilhelm II im Kriegsgefangenen Lager Malta St.Clements, 27 Januar 1917
German POWs doing gym exercises for the Emperor's birthday, 27 Jan 1917
German POWs doing gym exercises for the Emperor's birthday, 27 Jan 1917
German POWs doing gym exercises for the Emperor's birthday, 27 Jan 1917