British prisoners of war posing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.

A very jolly looking group of British sailors (ABS) at Groningen Internment Camp in World War I, with their arms crossed, smiling at the viewer. They are performing in one of the many revues staged by some of the 1,500 or so members of the First Royal Naval Brigade, interned as prisoners of war in the camp outside Groningen, northern Netherlands, from 1914 to 1918, which they nicknamed HMS Timbertown. As they were not involved in any conflict and were housed in reasonable comfort with time on their hands, they were able to stage some very elaborate and professional theatrical revues which became famous back in the UK. Their performances included pastiches of many of the revues and musical comedies produced in England at this time