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Navy Board and predecessors: Prisoner of War Department and predecessors: Registers...
Catalogue reference: ADM 103
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ADM 103
These volumes are for the most part registers of the prisoners in the various depots and prison ships taken during the wars with France between 1793 and 1815. They cover prisoners of war of all services in British hands, British prisoners in...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 103
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board and predecessors: Prisoner of War Department and predecessors: Registers of Prisoners of War
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Date (When the record was created)
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1755-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes are for the most part registers of the prisoners in the various depots and prison ships taken during the wars with France between 1793 and 1815. They cover prisoners of war of all services in British hands, British prisoners in enemy hands, and the exchange of the two. They usually give detailed descriptions, with the places of birth, and show the ultimate disposal of the prisoners. The records were created by the Prisoners of War Departments of the Sick and Hurt Board (to 1796) of the Transport Board (1796-1817) and of the Navy Board, Transport Branch (from 1817).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The registers are in various sequences. The first contains registers of depots and prison ships in an alphabetical sequence of locations and ships' names (ADM 103/1-464). Home and overseas depots, and British and enemy prisons, are all within this sequence.
A further sequence of register volumes is arranged alphabetically by nationality, from American prisoners (ADM 103/465) to Spanish (ADM 103/505) and Various (ADM 103/506-510).
Alphabetical lists of prisoners (ADM 103/511-523) serve as indexes to those held at a small number of locations. Some general alphabetical lists (ADM 103/524-548) relate to the prisons and prison ships in Britain only.
Registers of parole prisoners (ADM 103/549-616) and registers of prisoners' deaths (ADM 103/617-638) are all listed in alphabetical order of location, as are the certificates with which the series ends (ADM 103/639-648).
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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)
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- Navy Board, Sick and Hurt Board, Prisoner of War Department, 1755-1796
- Navy Board, Transport Board, Prisoner of War Department, 1796-1817
- Navy Board, Transport Branch, Prisoner of War Department, 1817-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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648 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1812/
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Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Navy Board and predecessors: Prisoner of War Department and predecessors: Registers of Prisoners of War
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