Germany: Prisoners, including: Delivery of parcels to British prisoners in Germany,...

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Delivery of parcels to British prisoners in Germany, including:

• Expression of concern by the Danish Red Cross and the British Bread Bureau about the low level of acknowledgement from prisoners for parcels received; provision of statistics from the Copenhagen Bureau.
• Complaints by the Canadian Red Cross about the removal of the contents of some parcels sent to prisoners.
• Allegations by the German authorities that some parcels contained prohibited articles.
• Investigation of reports that the German Government had suspended the distribution of parcels to British prisoners.
• Lieutenant Douglas Stewart, formerly interned at Ingolstadt Camp: information that the delivery of parcels had stopped.
• Private E Dipper: postcard stating that he was only receiving one parcel per month at Hameln Camp.
• Summary of information from various sources, including Captain Philip Hunt at Karlsruhe Camp, about the non-delivery of parcels.
• Captain H G Gilliland, interned at Fort IX, Ingolstadt: report of an interview on the non-delivery of parcels, with the names of other officers in the camp (in docket no.82672).
• Sergeant M Nolan, interned at Soltau Camp: complaint about the non-delivery of parcels.
• Information from the Netherlands Minister at Berlin that delays were due to stricter checks on the contents of parcels by the German authorities.
• Private William Cree at Obercassel Camp: claim that parcels were being withheld as a reprisal.
• Statement by the British Consul at Zurich that only one parcel per month for an individual prisoner was permitted under German regulations; subsequent information that these regulations only applied in Switzerland.
• Lieutenant W H Sugden Wilson, interned at Crefeld Camp: non-receipt of parcels.
• Major Francis Wilson, interned at Clausthal Camp: non-receipt of parcels.
• Private A Slater, interned in Germany: letter from his mother, Mrs A Slater, about the non-delivery of parcels.
• Information from the Danish Section of the British Red Cross on the non-delivery of bread sent to prisoners.
• Private H Batchelor, a British prisoner escaped from Minden Camp: information on the temporary stoppage of the delivery of parcels at the camp, and the removal of certain items by the camp authorities.
• Corporal Arthur Hind, interned at Soltau Camp: letter from his father, Mr J Hind, about the irregular delivery of parcels to his son.
• Approval for Mr Abrahamson of the Bread Bureau in Copenhagen to communicate directly with the commandants of various German camps regarding confirmation by prisoners of the receipt of parcels and letters.
• Advice that tinned food should not be sent to prisoners in Germany as the tins were being opened by the German authorities.
• Mrs Theodore Stephenson: allegations about the non-delivery of bread to prisoners at various camps, with a postcard from Sergeant Hugh Rennie, interned at Dülmen Camp.
• Letter from Sir Leander Starr Jameson, published in The Morning Post of 12 May 1917, stating that no measures had been taken by the German Government to prevent the delivery of parcels to prisoners.
• Mrs E Whitlock: letter concerning parcels sent to her son at Döberitz Camp.
• Request by the General Post Office for an investigation to be carried out by the Dutch Post Office into the handling of parcels addressed to prisoners.
• Private E Cooney and Private R Crowe: postcards from Giessen Camp regarding the receipt of parcels in the camp.
• List of contents of a typical parcel sent by the Lancashire County War Comforts Association, in response to complaints from Private A Slater, an interned prisoner.
• Information on German policy on the removal of certain items from parcels.
• Summary by the Central Prisoners of War Committee of the reasons for irregularities in the distribution of parcels to prisoners in Germany.
• German memorandum setting out procedures for the distribution of tinned goods received at Döberitz Camp.
• Mr F G Crosby, interned at Brandenburg Camp: claim by the German authorities that his parcels had been delivered on a regular basis.
• Enquiry about German regulations regarding the inclusion of tin openers and safety razors in parcels.
• Captain H Hartington and Captain W Moore: extracts from statements regarding the removal of tins of food by the German authorities.
• Information on the non-delivery of parcels at Clausthal Camp.
• Complaints about the non-delivery of bread from the Copenhagen Bread Bureau.
• Allegations that naval prisoners at Soltau Camp were subject to discrimination regarding the receipt of parcels.
• Sergeant T White, interned at Dyrotz Camp: information on the confiscation of certain items in parcels by the German authorities; proposal for formal enquiries to be made.
• Information that bread parcels at Münster Camp were being delivered on a monthly basis.
• Proposal for the International Red Cross Society at Geneva to undertake a supervisory role in prison camps; objections to the proposal by the Foreign Office.
• Mrs M Hollingsworth: letter about the non-receipt of parcels by prisoners at Lagensalza Camp.
• Non-delivery of parcels to Langen Camp: allegations that they were being stored at the parent camp of Soltau.
• Extracts from interviews with various escaped prisoners (names in docket no.112870) on non-delivery of parcels.
• List of contents of a parcel sent to Private Whitlock at Döberitz Camp.
• Private A Clarke and Rifleman J Tregent: non-delivery of parcels to camps at Thurinden and Münster.
• British memorandum requesting assurances from the German Government that there would be no interference with parcels sent to British prisoners.
• Mr Robert McClean, interned at Alten Grabow Camp: copy of a letter on food shortages within the camp.
• Interviews with escaped British prisoners (names in docket no.119802) on the delivery of parcels to various camps.
• Captain C G Irvine, interned at Crefeld Camp: detailed lists provided by his father, Mr Charles Irvine, of various parcels sent to him.
• Mr Agnew, of the Central Prisoners of War Committee: suggested draft for a parliamentary question regarding regulations on the delivery of tinned food to prisoners.
• Confirmation of French reprisals in response to the non-delivery of parcels to prisoners in Germany.
• Private W Reynolds, interned at Güstrow Camp: copy of a letter describing the removal of articles from parcels in the camp, with a sample green slip used by the German Government to indicate that articles had been removed.
• German memorandum on policy relating to the return of cards of acknowledgement for bread parcels received by prisoners at Limburg.
• Private A Butler, interned at Hameln Camp: non-receipt of parcels.
• Arrangements for the purchase of tinned fish for British prisoners in Germany.

Code 1218 File 62216 (to paper 127825).

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