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Germany: Prisoners, containing: List of British prisoners in hospital at Antwerp....

Catalogue reference: FO 383/18

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This record is about the Germany: Prisoners, containing: List of British prisoners in hospital at Antwerp.... dating from 1915 in the series Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
FO 383/18
Date
1915
Description

Germany: Prisoners, containing:

List of British prisoners in hospital at Antwerp.

List of officers of the British forces reported missing and enquiries concerning their whereabouts.

Extracts from lists of British prisoners of war containing names of foreign soldiers and civilians.

Survivors of the German cruiser Blücher.

German casualties at Karonga, British East Africa.

Lists of British prisoners of war interned in Germany, civilians and members of the military.

Correspondence concerning prisoners of war lists.

Lists of effects of deceased British soldiers.

[Note: within the individual dockets, this document contains several nominal lists, including List no.1 dated 1 January 1915 of Officers reported missing; correspondence dealing with lists and some partial lists; a sixteen page list of fishermen held in Sennelager; some lists of civilians; a substantial list of prisoners of war transferred from camp to camp; and a substantial list of personal effects of soldiers killed or died in hospitals].

Code 1218 File 79.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
79
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Internment
International
Europe and Russia
Fishing
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Africa
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2617260/

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