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FO 383/267
1917
Germany: Prisoners, including:
Interviews with the following British and Canadian soldiers on their experiences while interned in Germany:
Private C V Combe: report on conditions at Cologne Hospital.
Reports of ill-treatment of prisoners at Mannheim.
Lieutenant F W Voelcker: extracts from a letter describing conditions at Hannover Munden.
Extract from a letter from Second Lieutenant F K Ritchie on conditions at Fürstenberg Camp at Mecklenburg.
Private Albert McKenzie: request for information regarding his sentence of imprisonment.
Memorandum from the German Government on visits by representatives of diplomatic missions to prisoners; proposal for permits to be issued to members of the Swiss Legation.
Corporal William Stagg, interned at Cologne: copy of a letter requesting certain items to be sent to him.
Reports of visits of inspection to the following internment camps:
Enquiry by the High Commissioner of Australia about conditions at Schneidemuhl Camp.
Threat of British reprisals in respect of conditions at Fort IX Camp, Ingolstadt.
Refusal by the German authorities to to allow Doctor Keuchensius to carry out medical inspections of camps containing British prisoners.
Extracts from interviews with various prisoners (names in docket nos.95805 and 103036) regarding long sentences imposed by the German authorities.
Corporal H Goode: imprisonment at Cologne.
Imprisonment of four British officers (names in docket no. 97490) at Magdeburg; information on their appeal against their sentences.
German memorandum stating that no British prisoners were interned at Worms.
Request for a visit of inspection to the officers' internment camp at Crefeld.
German memorandum on an alleged attack on Private Keely at Husten camp by a sentry.
Conditions at Grossenweder Moor, Soltau.
Formal protest by the British Government about conditions at the military prison in Cologne.
Private Joe Hodgson, interned at Friedrichsfeld Camp: sentence of imprisonment for refusing to work.
Recommendation for formal protests to be made to the German authorities regarding the treatment of Captain H G Gilliland, Lieutenant Spensley and Captain Blackburn.
Captain Cecil Chichester-Constable: transfer from Wesel to Fort Zorndorf, Küstrin.
Dr Rudolf Roener: questions regarding the suitability of his appointment as an inspector of prisoner of war camps.
Lord Balfour: parliamentary question regarding parcels sent to British prisoners, with printed extracts from parliamentary debates of 22 May 1917.
Draft memorandum to the Netherlands Legation at Berlin on the conduct of interviews between prisoners and representatives of diplomatic missions.
John Henry Bernard, Archbishop of Dublin: enquiry about Major Philip Lister, interned at Clausthal, and recommendation for the inspection of the camp; subsequent letter from Canon J Lister.
Proposal for a meeting at the Hague between British and German officials to discuss the treatment of prisoners; recommendation by the War Cabinet for the appointment of a Dutch chairman for the meeting.
German memorandum on the employment of British non-commissioned officers at Corries Camp.
German memorandum on the internment camp at Grossenwedermoor.
Information that use of the internment camp at Halle had been discontinued.
Private Daniel Kegan: imprisonment at Cologne on charges of mutiny and insubordination.
Corporal Johnston interned at Radewege: allegation that he had been compelled to work against his will.
Report on the suicide of Lieutenant J R Wilkinson, formerly interned at Gnadenfrei.
Information on four British officers interned at Fort IX Ingolstadt and awaiting trial (names in docket no.110494).
Private Winthcropp: information on his sentence of imprisonment.
Lieutenant G S M Insall; extract from a letter describing the conditions of his imprisonment at Crefeld.
Acting Lieutenant H H MacWilliam: extract from a letter describing his solitary confinement at Crefeld.
Report on the transport by rail of British officer prisoners from various towns in Belgium and Northern France to internment camps in Germany.
Proposal for the formation of a committee to deal with the question of reprisals; memorandum on the subject.
Copy of an article from the British Empire Union (BEU) Monthly Record on the treatment of British prisoners in Germany.
Major Hunt: parliamentary question on action to be taken following accounts by British and Australian prisoners of ill-treatment.
Draft Army Council Instruction and circular letter on regulations relating to visits by representatives of neutral diplomatic missions to interned prisoners.
Code 1218 File 235 (papers 88999-116669).
File 235 (pp.88999-116669).
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