Photograph - 'Bosche Prisoners; Slightly Wounded'; France; Sergeant John Lord; World War I; 1916-1917; Photograph which shows a group of slightly wounded German prisoners walking along a road. The caption underneath the photograph describes the soldiers as 'Bosche Prisoners'. The word Bosche was used as a colloquial term for German soldiers during World War I and World War II. The word is derived from the French phrase 'tete de boche' which during World War I was taken to mean 'hard headed'