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This presentation focuses on the experiences of Second Lieutenant Frederick John White (1814-1854), a British prisoner of war from August 1837 to June 1838 in Ataun, Spain, during the First Carlist War, when Lord Eliot’s Convention of 1835 against firing squads was poorly enforced. White faced hunger, untreated medical issues, threats to his life, and a long wait for a prisoner exchange, piled on a series of attacks prior to his formal imprisonment.