Belgium: Prisoners, including: Mr George G Munsey, a British subject in Brussels:...

FO 383/259

1917

Belgium: Prisoners, including:

Mr George G Munsey, a British subject in Brussels: messages to his daughter, Mrs F Wheeler, and to other members of his family, and receipt of messages from them via the Netherlands Legation.

Mrs David Paton, a British subject in Brussels: letters to her brother-in-law, Mr James Paton, requesting financial assistance from her late husband's employers, R and J Dick Limited.

Evacuation of L'Orphelinat de l'Ange Gardien at Bruges, including:

• Transfer of British orphans to the Couvent des Josephines at Bruges, and death of Miss Agnes MacDonald.
• Request to the German authorities for the children to be sent to Brussels or repatriated.

Mrs S Hart: enquiries about her husband, Sergeant Sam Hart, and her two sons, Alfred Sam Hart and Jule Gabriel Hart, with copies of their birth certificates (in docket no.151380).

Miss Maude Eleanor Nolan in Brussels: transmission of a message to Mrs Florence Nolan, and enquiry from her father, Mr R J Nolan, about her welfare; with a copy of Miss Nolan's application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151381).

Mrs Alice A Barnwell at Auderghem near Brussels: arrangements for payments to her from Mr J A C Skinner.

Miss Mary Maher: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151384).

Mr Arthur Thomas Pask, resident at Annevoie near Namur: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151395); arrangements for the payment of his superannuation allowance.

Miss Ethel Oliver in Antwerp, including:

• Enquiries about her family's welfare.
• Information on the arrest of Miss Oliver by the German military authorities.
• Report of an interview between Miss Oliver and Monsieur de Kattendijke.

Miss Mary Ethelrede Crick, resident at Mons: enquiry about her family's welfare, and application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151891).

Miss Emily Harriet Graham, resident in Brussels: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151893).

Mrs Sarah Narssau Graham, resident in Brussels: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151894), and transmission of a power of attorney form to her for her signature.

Mr Edward Arthur Graham, resident in Brussels: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.151895).

Miss Catherine Eugenie Fogarty: arrangements for regular remittances to be sent to her from London.

Mrs Elizabeth Colwell, resident at Lièges: request for financial assistance from her husband, Mr Arthur Colwell, with an application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.158345), and a copy of the birth certificate of her son, Charles Arthur Cecil Colwell.

Mrs Harriet Woods: request for a copy of the death certificate of her husband, Mr Edward Woods, Chief Officer of SS Mascota, who died in hospital in Bruges.

Mr Hastings Macredie and Mrs Janet Macredie, resident in Brussels: request for information from Mrs Gott on the welfare of their family, and applications for emergency British passports (forms with photographs in docket no.163765).

Mrs G Mogridge (née Bartolomé): arrangements for payments to be made to her by her husband, Private G Mogridge.

Miss Katie Hogan, resident at Namur: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.165361).

Monsieur Albert Houtart:: request for payments to be made by Mr Hasan A Jafry for the maintenance of his daughter, Mariam Madeleine Jafry, in Brussels.

British wounded soldiers at Bruges: request by the Netherlands Legation for payments for tobacco and clothing to be made on their behalf.

Visit by the Netherlands Vice-Consul to see the British wounded soldiers Mr William Robinson, Mr Robert Meakings and Mr James Carter at the hospital at Charleroi.

Mr Francis J Ball, resident at Moorsel: arrangements for payments to be made to him from London.

Mrs Digby, resident in Brussels: arrangements for payments to be made to her by Miss Frances Redfern , and enquiries about her brother, Mr Ernest C Digby.

Mrs Eugénie Cammaert, resident in Brussels: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.169552).

Decision not to issue an emergency British passport to Mr Louis Edward Englebert Cammaert.

Private Henry Evans: report of his death in the military hospital in Brussels.

Mrs Billiet: request for her repatriation to France from Brussels with her children and their nurse, Miss Gertrude Colston, with Miss Colston's application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.180219).

Mr William Patrick King, at Abbaye de Leffe, Dinant: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.174997); subsequent information on Mr King's illness and death.

Mrs Suggit, resident in Brussels: recommendation by the Netherlands Legation that she should be deprived of maternal rights over her two children, Elly and Roger Suggit.

Sister Josephine Warren in Watermael: request for a message to be passed to her sister, Mrs Charlotte Warren, in England.

Private F Burrett: report of his death at the Sainte Clotilde Hospital at Douai.

Miss Mary Elise Louise Allan: application for an emergency British passport (form with photograph in docket no.180205).

Report of the arrest of three nuns from the Ursuline Convent at Hamont: Miss Veronique Stroud, Mère Louise Sophie Martin and Mère Julienne Marie Derrick; subsequent notification by the German auhorities that they had not been arrested.

Code 1204 Files 144732-185542.

Files 144732-185542.

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