Germany: Prisoners, including: Repatriation of German and Austrian subjects: question...

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Repatriation of German and Austrian subjects: question of HM Government paying expenses.

Luggage: arrangements for transportation and recovery and question of reciprocity for exchange arrangements, with specific individual enquiries from British subjects regarding recovery of their luggage left in Germany, and vice-versa from German subjects regarding luggage left in UK, including:

• Louis Levy, of Liverpool.
• Miss Newitt, of Harleseden, Middlesex.
• Thomas Cook & Son: request that representations be made to German government to allow luggage to be brought to England.
• Home Office, Board of Trade and Treasury views on arrangements and question of reciprocal arrangements.
• Mr W Niemeyer, of Orange Free State, South Africa, previously interned in Germany: communication from the Zeeland Steamship Company.
• J Rankine Wilson, of Riding Mill, Northumberland.
• Miss G L Sheppard: enquiry from B R Pitt of Clapham on her behalf.
• Miss F Riddel, of Polloksfields, Glasgow.
• Miss Constance Lett of York, former governess in Berlin.
• Miss Nellie Harston, of Lichfield.
• Anne Lucie Baehr, of Frankfurt-Oder.
• Pastor Wartemburg, late minister of the German Church, Cleveland Street, London, deported from UK.
• Margarete Gross, of Bayer oder Oberfranken.
• The Hon Mrs Herbert Gibbs, regarding luggage left behind in Germany at outbreak of war; also queries regarding her two sisters, the Miss Crutchleys, formerly of Hamburg.
• Miss Ada B Clark, of Grantown on Spey.
• Release of luggage and household effects of enemy consular officials: German government terms of agreement for release.
• Release of luggage in enemy countries: Treasury objections arising out of practical working of proposed agreement; proposal for alternative agreement.
• Exchange of consular and personal effects: French government views.

Trial of Cyril Crawford at Hamburg, following arrest of him and his father, Rev George W Crawford, late British chaplain at Hamburg, for espionage: communications from his uncle, A E Bredin Crawford of Eastbourne; return to England of Rev and Mrs Crawford, and removal of Cyril Crawford to Ruhleben following suspension of charges.

German colony at Dar-es-Salaam.

German subjects in Togoland.

Moravian missionaries in German East Africa.

Christmas presents for prisoners in Germany: enquiries from The Church Army regarding arrangements; question of exemption from Customs and other charges; arrival of parcels for Döberitz camp.

German Embassy expenses: question of payment; ground rents; sums due regarding general expenditure and rent.

Religious support for prisoners of war, including:

• Spiritual ministrations for British prisoners in Germany.
• Assistance to be given by clergy to prisoners of war: decree issued by the Pope.
• Spiritual ministrations to German prisoners of war in UK.
• (dockets include lists of camps, clergy and individuals, including Bishop Hubert Bury; Rev James W Thomas; Dutch pastor Rev L H K Bleeker; Rev Scholten of Islington; Venerable William Edgar Nies, archdeacon of the American Episcopal Churches in Europe; Rev H H Williams, British chaplain in Berlin).

German cruiser Leipzig: names of survivors.

German subjects arrested at Basra and Bahrain, and deported to India and interned at Ahmednagar: Mr Gloye, acting German consul at Basra, and employees of the Hamburg firm of Robert Wönckhaus & Co (Mr Melsen, Mr Hofmann, Mr Danneiser and Mr Reuter), and representative of the Baghdad Railway, Mr Lange; also case of George Harling of Alfhausen, Hanover, engaged in import and export business at Bahrain, protesting against capture.

Code 1218 File 1078-1842.

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