Belgium and Egypt: Prisoners, including: BELGIUM (also includes France): Mrs Tomlin,...

Belgium and Egypt: Prisoners, including:

BELGIUM (also includes France):

Mrs Tomlin, of Laekan: enquiries regarding her nationality; request for financial assistance.

Miss Mary J Burke: enquiry from her father, Anthony Burke, under-sheriff of the County of Sligo, regarding the advisability of her possible return to Belgium to join her religious order.

Madame Goessens, in Moen: arrangements for transmitting money to her from her husband in Chile via the Chilean Embassy, London.

Albert Engels of Bradford, Yorkshire: despatch of remittance to his brother, Victor A Engels, British subject in Brussels, following advice of US Legation, The Hague.

Mrs W Barnes, wife of Driver W Barnes, Royal Field Artillery, residing at Ixelles near Brussels: arrangements for payment of separation allowance and advances to Mrs Barnes and her child.

Four Egyptian students at Agricultural College, Gembleux: enquiry from the Egyptian Educational Mission in England regarding their well-being and sending of remittances.

Mr Sam Freemantle, English golf professional living with wife and children in Spa at the outbreak of war: enquiry regarding his whereabouts.

Miss Mary Bradley, in Brussels: arrangements for transmission of documents to Miss Bradley via US authorities.

Miss Edith Carter, British subject detained in Brussels: desire to return to UK.

Oswald B Tyrer, British engineer returned to UK: enquiry regarding his household effects left in Liege.

New regulations concerning transfer of prisoners in camps in Belgium, and British subjects in Belgium.

Records of Messrs Wys Muller & Co in Brussels: requirement for use in a court case in London.

Baron von der Lancken: transmission of three letters for delivery to addresses in Brussels.

Dr Charles McLean, British subject and well-known music authority, and former Chief Commissioner of Madras: request for assistance in retrieving his musical works from the Ostend Kursaal Music Library.

Mrs F A Wilhelm, in London following release from internment at Ruhleben camp: request that a message be sent to his wife in Brussels.

France: Position of British subjects detained in war zone.

EGYPT (also includes Japan and Persia):

Safar Effendi Kamel: possible return to Egypt from Lausanne.

Greek Ottoman subjects proceeding to Egypt: possible return of Mr Kyriazas.

Japan: Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth: lists (in German) of individuals killed, wounded and taken prisoner, as received from the Japanese War Office.

Hallil Abdel Halid (or Ali Skanderain): enquiry regarding his arrest in Kent as a Turkish subject as actually an Egyptian.

Persia: Rev O F Spearing and Rev J D Barnard, members of mission in Urumia (Urmi), Persia: enquiry from The Archbishop's Mission to the Assyrian Christians, London, regarding their whereabouts; also American subject, Rev Y M Neesan.

Persia: Mrs Marie Heiicke, German subject: departure from India, on board ss Kohistan; question of whether she may be permitted to land in UK.

Persia: Mr Fouad Cossery, Egyptian subject residing at Resht: request for British protection.

Henry George, reportedly stranded in The Gambia: enquiries regarding his background in Alexandria, Egypt.

Charles Frederic Bieber, Swiss citizen: request to proceed to Egypt.

Enemy subjects and Egypt: permission from HM Consul at Leghorn, for Austrian protected subject to embark for Alexandria.

Helaneh Malikia bint Abdullah, Syrian maidservant of HM late Consul at Trebizond: arrangements for sending her back to Jerusalem via Cairo.

Ex-Sultan of Maldives: arrest and discontinuance of his allowance to his family following his arrest in Egypt and deportation to Malta.

'Emergency Committee for the Assistance of Germans, Austrians and Hungarians in Distress': enquiry to the British Consul, Cairo, regarding the marriage of Mrs Mawcinett, of Spanish origin but married to an internee detained in a concentration camp as German, but claiming to be of Scottish birth.

Salib Claudius Bey, Egyptian in UK: request for certificate to exempt him from the formality of registering his name in every town in UK.

Parliamentary question from the Earl of Cromer regarding treatment of Egyptian residents in England.

Egyptians interned at Malta: signed petition, October 1915, from Egyptians arrested at outbreak of war between Turkey and England requesting their release.

Code 1204, code 1216 Belgium: Files 152372-202023. Egypt: Files 953-172006 (complete).

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