Record revealed
The Geneva Convention, 1949
This document sets out the laws its signatory nations agreed to follow around the treatment of prisoners of war, those in medical need, and civilians.
Series
Prison Commission: Registered Papers, Supplementary Series I
Catalogue reference: PCOM 8
What's it about?
PCOM 8
Registered papers from the same series as those in PCOM 7, relating to particular criminals and other criminal matters.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PCOM 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prison Commission: Registered Papers, Supplementary Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
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1876-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered papers from the same series as those in PCOM 7, relating to particular criminals and other criminal matters.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
For a key to the file number and the PR number for pieces 328-419, see the finding aid in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Specimens of prisoners records for prisoners convicted of capital offences are also in: HO 336
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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438 files and papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to closure for periods up to 100 years
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11503/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PCOM
Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department
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Prison Commission: Registered Papers, Supplementary Series I
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