The story of
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.
Series
Home Office: Children's Department: Statistical Reports
Catalogue reference: HO 414
What's it about?
HO 414
This series contains statistical summaries of local authorities' returns for children in care, 1949-1970. The returns also give information about the manner in which the children were accommodated.
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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HO 414
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Children's Department: Statistical Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1949-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains statistical summaries of local authorities' returns for children in care, 1949-1970. The returns also give information about the manner in which the children were accommodated.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later statistical reports on children in care can be found in BN 35
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Home Office, Childrens Department, 1949-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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22 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2003 Department of Health
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Records previously held in the Statistics Branch
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16043/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Home Office: Children's Department: Statistical Reports
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