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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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Research papers and statistics of Working Party
Catalogue reference: HO 391/307
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This record is about the Research papers and statistics of Working Party dating from 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 391/307
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Date (When the record was created)
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1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Research papers and statistics of Working Party
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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)
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PDG 69 0117/0003/001
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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file(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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HO 391
Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files
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Within the series: HO 391
Home Office: Prison Department: General (PDG Symbol Series) Files
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Research papers and statistics of Working Party
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