Germany: Prisoners, including: Proposed visit of British delegates to attend a conference...

FO 383/269

1917

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Proposed visit of British delegates to attend a conference on prisoners of war at The Hague, including:

• List of points to be raised.
• Objections by the French Government to direct negotiations with German officials.
• Ruling by the War Cabinet that no decisions on policy were to be taken by the British delegates.
• Sanction for a statement in Parliament on the presence of a Dutch official at the negotiations.
• Stated intention to representatives of the French Government that British officials would attend the meeting.
• Request for Lord Newton to communicate messages to the War Cabinet via the Prisoners of War Department.
• Provision of information on the negotiations to the India Office and the Colonial Office.

Reports of visits of inspection to the following internment camps:

• Münster.
• Döberitz.
• Staumühle.
• Dyrotz.
• Güstrow.
• Münster III.
• Ronnenburg Working Camp.
• Sennelager.
• Hörde I and II (Münster).
• Drensteinfurt (Münster).
• Pollkalesener and Kiebitzhof Working Camps (Gütersloh).
• Münster II, with a printed copy of The Münster Church Times of May 1917, with illustrations of Rennbahn Camp.
• Münster I.
• Langendreer Working Camps (Münster).
• Mengede Working Camp (Münster).
• Hamm Working Camps (Münster).
• Hameln.
• Merseberg.
• Wittenberg.
• Gottingen, Hanover.
• Working Camps at Friedrichsfeld.
• Working Camps at Heilsberg.
• Schneidemühl Camp and Lazaret [Hospital].

German memorandum on delays in the transmission of letters from Sergeant James Richardson in Osterade Camp.

German memorandum on conditions at Markendorf Quarry, with a statement from Lance Corporal J H Smith on the arrest and sentence of Private Gerrard.

German memorandum on the receipt of parcels and supply of clothing to prisoners at Stendal Camp.

Correspondence on the despatch of reports on Merseburg and Sennelager Camps.

Details of sentences of imprisonment passed on Bandsman W J Trydell, Bandsman W Dovey and Corporal W Stagg.

Transfer of British officer prisoners from Crefeld to camps at Schwarmstedt, Siroecken and Clausthal.

Comments on regulations on the despatch of letters from prisoners in Germany, following an enquiry from Mrs Dahl.

Request for a visit of inspection to Lübeck Docks.

Complaints of interference with parcels sent to the camp at Preussich-Holland.

Request for the transfer of Lance Corporal G Devlin from the internment camp at Czersk.

Report that a British non-commissioned officer interned at Zerbst had been compelled to work in a coal mine.

Comments on the appointment of Dr Roemer as the Medical Officer charged with the care of British prisoners.

Private J Morphet, interned at Merseberg: extracts from a letter describing conditions in the camp.

List of British officers interned at Augustabad (in docket no.126567).

Information on the transfer of prisoners from various camps to Sprottau.

Mr David Moodie: request for an inspection of Clausthal Camp, following comments in a letter from his son, Captain Oliver Moodie.

Gunner D Brosnan: notifiication of his imminent release from Cologne Prison, and transfer to Giessen.

Request for an enquiry into the alleged deaths of forty six prisoners at Münster.

Reports of interviews with the following British and Canadian soldiers on their experiences while interned in Germany:

• Captain Alfred Evans.
• Lieutenant S E Buckley.
• Private Robert Potts.
• Private John O'Brien.
• Private Frank Macdonald.

Comments on allegations in a book by Mr H C Mahoney about the mistreatment of British prisoners by Major Bach.

Memorandum from the Netherlands Legation on the non-receipt of boots and clothing by prisoners interned at Windau A.

German memorandum on the non-receipt by Rifleman Tregent of parcels at Münster I.

German memorandum on conditions at Merseberg Camp.

Non-receipt of parcels by British officers removed from Crefeld to Schwarmstedt.

Mrs J Brooks: enquiry about the whereabouts of her son, Lieutenant Wilfrid Brooks, who had been interned at Crefeld.

Mr J S Gatacre: enquiry about the whereabouts of his nephew, Captain Gatacre, who had been interned at Crefeld.

Request for an enquiry to be held into the workings of the Prisoners' Help Committee at Brandenburg, following complaints about the delivery of parcels to prisoners.

Mr C Irvine: enquiry about his son, Captain Irvine, a wounded prisoner interned at Schwarmstedt.

Mr Léon Dubly: transmission of a message from Sergeant Major Cullinan at Friedrichsfeld Camp.

Rifleman J A Mercer, believed to be interned at Friedrichsfeld Camp: enquiry about his welfare from the Office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand.

Mrs Camilla Picton-Warlow: extract from a letter from her husband, interned at Friedrichsfeld, on the non-receipt of parcels in the camp.

Lieutenant Duncan Grinnell-Milne: information that he was in good health and interned at Küstrin.

Mr Thomas Samuel: request for enquiries to be made regarding the forced employment of his son, Corporal David Samuel, at Friedrichsfeld.

Colonel Bolton, interned at Clausthal: extracts from letters describing conditions in the camp, and requesting a visit of inspection.

Enquiry into the reasons for the segregation of the crews of the Aaro and other vessels at Brandenburg Camp.

Draft memorandum to the Netherlands Minister at Berlin requesting improvements in conditions in working camps in Germany.

Draft letter to the War Office on unfair practices during the trials of British prisoners in Germany; request for advice on action to be taken.

Draft letter to the War Office recommending that a protest should be made about the penalisation of British prisoners for offences committed by French prisoners.

Information provided by a returned Belgian prisoner on conditions in various camps.

Escape of Captain Gunter from Schwarmstedt Camp.

Request for inspection reports on the camps at Schwarmstedt and Strocken.

Extract from a report (French language) of an interview with Sergeant Louis Lietard on his experiences at Sennelager Camp.

German memorandum on the alleged confiscation of clothing sent to British prisoners at Friedrichsfeld.

German memorandum on conditions at the internment camps at Stallupönen and Goldap.

Code 1218 File 235 (papers 124455-135428).

File 235 (pp.124455-135428).

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