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Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin
14-year-old cabin boy John Giles Hipkin became Britain's youngest Second World War prisoner of war in 1941 after he was captured at sea.
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Emergency measures: release of prisoners and borstal inmates. See also PCOM 9/2351
Catalogue reference: PCOM 9/665
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This record is about the Emergency measures: release of prisoners and borstal inmates. See also PCOM 9/2351 dating from 1938-1949 in the series Prison Commission and Home Office, Prison Department: Registered Papers: Series 2. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PCOM 9/665
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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Emergency measures: release of prisoners and borstal inmates. See also PCOM 9/2351
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- A4605/13, 42, 47, 50, 147, 185, 223
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 75 years
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10887254/
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Series information
PCOM 9
Prison Commission and Home Office, Prison Department: Registered Papers: Series 2
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