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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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Convict Prisons, England and State Inebriate Reformatories. No. 4
Catalogue reference: PMG 28/70
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This record is about the Convict Prisons, England and State Inebriate Reformatories. No. 4 dating from 1911 Apr. - 1915 Mar. in the series Civil Establishment: Superannuation and Retired Allowances, etc. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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PMG 28/70
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1911 Apr. - 1915 Mar.
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Convict Prisons, England and State Inebriate Reformatories. No. 4
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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PMG 28
Civil Establishment: Superannuation and Retired Allowances, etc
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Within the series: PMG 28
Civil Establishment: Superannuation and Retired Allowances, etc
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Convict Prisons, England and State Inebriate Reformatories. No. 4
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