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Turkey: Prisoners, including: Relief for British subjects, including: Jewish refugees...

Catalogue reference: FO 383/89

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FO 383/89

Date

1915

Description

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Relief for British subjects, including:

  • Jewish refugees from Syria.
  • Relief for commercial community from Constantinople.
  • Relief of British refugees at Athens.
  • Payment of pensions at Baghdad.
  • Relief of British refugees from Turkey.
  • Relief of British subjects in Ottoman dominions.
  • Relief of Maltese refugees: question of enlistment.
  • Relief of British subjects and Cypriots, etc, at Smyrna.
  • Distressed Cypriots and Maltese at Smyrna.
  • John Alexakis, former HM Honorary Vice-Consul at Scalanova: notification of losses at Smyrna, and request for assistance from Foreign Office.
  • Cypriots and Maltese in Turkey.
  • Enlistment of Maltese refugees.
  • British Vice-Consul at Kerbela: arrival at Athens.
  • Repatriation of Cypriots from Smyrna.
  • Funds for relief in Turkey.
  • Rate of relief at Athens and Smyrna.
  • Refugee British subjects from Ottoman Empire.
  • Relief of British Indians at Baghdad.
  • Relief of British subjects in Turkey by the National Relief Fund.
  • Turkish prisoners at Basra.
  • Relief of Cypriots at Athens.
  • Destitute Cypriots and Maltese repatriated from Smyrna.
  • Expenses of transfer of refugees to Cyprus.
  • Relief at Alexandria.
  • Funds for Sir John Jackson's men in Damascus.
  • Payment of pension to heirs of the late Sayyid Yakub Khan in Smyrna.
  • Remittance of £100 to distressed Jerusalem Jews in Egypt.
  • Reception of Maltese refugees in Cyprus.
  • British Relief Fund in Turkey.
  • Funds for relief of Beirut staff.
  • Remittance of allotments to Constantinople.
  • Relief of wives of British subjects at Baghdad.
  • Rate of relief at Smyrna.
  • Cypriots at Aleppo.
  • Relief of Cypriots at Smyrna.
  • Remittance of separation allowance in Constantinople to Mrs Arland, wife of Sergeant Arland, Royal Engineers (Postal Service).
  • Distressed employees of Ottoman Railway.
  • Payments at Smyrna: pension to Miss Pauline Blunt, of Smyrna; salaries of British Post Office staff remaining in Smyrna.
  • Relief at Alexandria for Jews.
  • Distressed employees of the Smyrna Aidin Railway.
  • Comforts for prisoners at Afion-Kara-Hissar.
  • Supply of clothing for British prisoners.
  • Comforts for interned seamen in Turkey.
  • Relief of Egyptian subjects in Turkey.
  • Remittance to Haji Mirza Hashim Ranguni bin Dehnim and other British Indians.
  • Relief at Alexandria of British Jews from Tiberias District.
  • Simeon Grojevsky, Russian-born Jew, British subject, refugee from Jerusalem: decline of offer to be sent to England after 18 years absence; request for payment of an allowance; not considered a suitable case for relief; protest against conduct of HM Consul, Alexandria.
  • Gift of £1,000 for relief of Australian prisoners in Turkey, received from Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson.
  • Relief for British Jews at Beyrout (Beirut) and Haifa.
  • Remittances to prisoners in Turkey.
  • Remittance to British prisoners at Constantinople, including Lieut J M B Entwistle (5th Worcesters) and Lieut John Still (East Yorks Regiment).
  • Accommodation for British subjects at Baghdad.

Code 1244 File 121 (papers 18274-133307).

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The National Archives, Kew
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File 121 (pp.18274-133307).

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Refugees
Charities
Clothing
Internment
International
Public disorder
Railways
Army
Trade and commerce
Religions
Europe and Russia
Pay and pensions
Race relations
Nationality
Middle East
Communications
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