09/52 St Lucia – Unknown Prisoner

As the title suggests, this prisoner of war is fairly unknown to us, right now. But this is a very real story about a very real person, so we’ll talk about what we do know. We do know they were captured in St Lucia during the 1793 war between Britain and France in the Caribbean. … Continue reading 09/52 St Lucia – Unknown Prisoner

As the title suggests, this prisoner of war is fairly unknown to us, right now. But this is a very real story about a very real person, so we’ll talk about what we do know. We do know they were captured in St Lucia during the 1793 war between Britain and France in the Caribbean. And they were transported to Portchester Castle, England where they were imprisoned.

We also know their name, or rather we know the names of 2,500 of these unknown prisoners of war. And that is thanks to the research and work of Abigail Coppins. Please go read more of her research on the English Heritage website. There are further interviews about her work on The Guardian, The BBC & The Independent.

British Subjects is produced by Anna Rose Kerr.