Germany: Prisoners, including: Employment of prisoners in France and Russia near...

FO 383/291

1917

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Employment of prisoners in France and Russia near the front line, including:

• Article from The Times of 1 June 1917 on German treatment of Australian prisoners.
• German memorandum requesting visits of inspection to be made to the camps at Le Havre and Rouen.
• Messages from prisoners on conditions at Soltau and Friedrichsfeld camps.
• Private Thomas Lever and Sergeant F G Hammersley: depositions on the employment of British prisoners behind the firing line in France.
• Private Frank Callaghan, Private Leonard Howard and Private J M Gilroy: depositions on the employment of British prisoners behind the firing line in France.
• Petty Officer A J Picton-Warlow: copies of letters on conditions in the internment camp at Courland (Latvia).
• Private W Coombes: extract from an interview regarding conditions at Soltau Camp.
• Private George Young and Lance Corporal Arthur Fidler: extracts from interviews on conditions for prisoners working behind the German lines in France
• Lance Corporal Parsons and Private Stewart of the Australian Infantry Force: interview on conditions for prisoners working behind the German lines in France.
• Private T Fitzgibbon and Madame Henon: statements on the ill-treatment of British prisoners.
• Confirmation that the German Government had withdrawn all prisoners behind the thirty kilometre zone on the Eastern and Western Fronts.
• Report on conditions for British prisoners in occupied territory in Russia.
• Request to the French Government for the urgent transfer into British custody of German prisoners held by them.
• Private F Barlow, Private John Ryan, and Private John Rollings: extracts from letters about conditions at Friedrichsfeld Camp.
• Arrangements for the transfer of 3,000 German prisoners from France to the UK.
• Petty Officer A J Picton-Warlow: copies of letters from Friedrichsfeld Camp; subsequent requests by his wife, Mrs Camilla Picton-Warlow, for the return of his diary confiscated by the German authorities.
• Notification of the withdrawal of British prisoners employed on the Russian front from camps at Ekau and Mitau.
• Letter signed by various British prisoners (names in docket no.145278) at Limburg, Belgium, on reprisals as a result of the employment of German prisoners near the firing line.
• Dr Edmond Lardy: reports (French language) on various internment camps in France containing German prisoners.
• Confirmation of the transfer into British custody of German prisoners from Le Havre and Rouen.
• Copy of a German declaration to English 'prisoners of respite' on reprisals resulting from the employment of German prisoners near the front line.
• Mrs Bourne Wheeler: letter requesting information on interned prisoners from the Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
• Joseph McCulloch interned at Friedrichsfeld Camp: notification of his death while employed close to the German firing line.
• Request for the withdrawal of British prisoners from Courland (Latvia).
• Non-receipt of parcels and letters by various British prisoners interned in Germany (postcards with the prisoners' names in docket no.157195).
• Private P Hobin: statement regarding the employment of British prisoners behind the German lines in France.
• Copy of a letter from various Australian prisoners (names in docket no.158711) on conditions near the German front line.
• Acting Corporal H Wilson and Private Agie Nelson: reports on the employment of British prisoners near the German front line.
• Major Draudt of the German Ministry of War: letter on conditions for British prisoners on the Western Front.
• Private William Hately interned at Friedrichsfeld Camp: copy of a letter on conditions at the camp.
• Withdrawal of British prisoners from the region of Gross-Eckau, Courland (Latvia).
• Private A Brownlow: letter stating that he was working close to the German front line in France.
• Private P Notley, Private C Coles and Private John Rau: enquiries by the Government of New Zealand about the conditions of their internment in France.
• German memorandum on the treatment of a German sergeant (unnamed) captured at Beaucourt, France.
• Dr R Römer: report of a visit of inspection to the internment camp at Stralkowo, Poland, with a list of British prisoners (in docket no.206090).
• Mrs Bourne-Wheeler: request for information on various prisoners from the Sherwood Foresters Regiment (names in docket no.206947).
• Rifleman Reynolds interned at Friedrichsfeld Camp: letter from his wife on the prohibition of correspondence at the camp.
• Extracts of statements from various British prisoners on their experiences while employed close to the German lines in France.
• Private J Crawford, believed to be interned at Preussich Holland Camp: request for information on his welfare from the Government of New Zealand.
• Lance Corporal G Burgess and Private W Parkin: copies of letters on conditions at Friedrichsfeld Camp.
• General Sir Ivor Philipps: parliamentary question about the supply of winter clothing to prisoners in Germany and Poland.
• Private A Blacklock and Lance Corporal Edward Burley: extracts from interviews concerning conditions for British prisoners close to the German lines on the Western Front.
• Information on conditions for prisoners at Vireux, Belgium; enquiries about the existence of a camp in the vicinity, and confirmation that British prisoners had been removed from the region.
• Issue of orders for the transfer of British prisoners from Courland (Latvia) to Germany.
• Private Alexander Falconer, Private Ashburton Thompson and Private J F Macintosh: reports on their internment in Belgium.
• Draft British memorandum on reprisals taken by the German Government against British prisoners.
• Mr Alden MP: parliamentary question about the withdrawal of British prisoners from Courland (Latvia); later confirmation that the prisoners had been transferred to Saxony.
• Lance Corporal F Cleave-Peachey and Private J Lee: reports of interviews on their experiences as prisoners working near the German front line in France.
• Private Walter Baker and Private William Waters: extracts from interviews regarding the employment of British prisoners behind the German lines.

Arrangements for the administration and distribution of funds for the relief of German prisoners in the United Kingdom, including:

• Proposal for the formation of a committee to take over administrative duties from the London Agency of the Deutsche Bank.
• Proposal for a member of the Swiss Legation to serve on the committee.
• Request by the German Government for representatives of the Deutsche Bank to serve on the committee.
• Procedures for the distribution of funds to German prisoners in Japan.
• Appointment of Major J Isler to serve as the Swiss representative on the committee.
• Arrangements for limited payments to be made to German subjects in the USA.
• Proposal for the appointment of a representative of the Swiss Legation to supervise payments to destitute German civilians at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man.
• Question of relief payments to German subjects in China.

Code 1218 Files 21962 (papers 109509-end)-22439.

Files 21962 (pp.109509-end)-22439.

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