Germany (British Civilians held at Ruhleben Camp): Prisoners, including: Parcels...

FO 383/314

1917

Germany (British Civilians held at Ruhleben Camp): Prisoners, including:

Parcels sent to prisoners no longer at the camp.

Invoices for cricket and tennis materials sent to the camp.

Request for sheet silver, silver wire, silver solder and other handicraft materials in order to make useful or ornamental articles at the camp school.

Medical and surgical treatment of prisoners, particularly an operation for Bertie Barnett and an elastic stocking for Mr A W Matthews (Platow).

Request for permission to send drugs and chemicals for the use of medical students at the camp who are working for their examinations.

Postcard from Stanley Napier, a Merchant Seaman interned in the camp, to his father Alexander Napier, complaining that the parcels he receives via the Central Prisoners of War Committee contain nothing worth having.

Facilities for drying wet clothes and medical assistance during the night.

Weekly supplies of chemicals for Research, Laboratory and Chemical Instruction courses from the International Help Committee for Civilian Prisoners.

Report on the Parcels Post Department and Relief in Kind Committee by Ridder van Rappard and others on the camp's organisation.

Report on Dr Weiler's Sanatorium at the camp, showing why it was established.

Supplementary report on camp organisation prepared by the Ruhleben Horticultural Society.

Conditions at the camp and transfer of civilians to a neutral country.

Permission to send theatrical properties to Mr John Balfour interned at the camp.

Release of prisoners due to their mental condition.

Comparison between the treatment of German and British civilian prisoners.

Request from Mayoress of Winchester to send small present to all Hampshire men at Ruhleben.

Arrival of bookbinding materials for the Camp School.

Christmas parcels for members of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

Supply of tea, barber's equipment, football boots, cigarettes, tobacco, tailoring material, warm clothing, ping-pong balls, socks, soap, dental accessories, medicine specimens, Jeyes powder, soft soap and washing soda.

Letters concerning conditions at the camp and at Dr Weiler's Sanatorium by Mrs Powell of Ditchling Road, Brighton, (wife of Captain Powell interned at the camp) and Mr J Greenfield, also interned at the camp.

Request for permission to send a bath-sheet and 'Dri-ped' boot accessories to David William Jones, interned at the camp.

Pilfering of prisoners' parcels between Rotterdam and Ruhleben.

Report on conditions at the camp by Harold Kaufmann, an escaped prisoner, and interviews with him and his fellow escapees, Eric Koch and William Armstrong.

Arrangements for the invoicing of goods sent to the camp.

Letter from Mr J E Dickinson on the food and the laundry conditions at the camp.

Non-receipt of parcels by prisoners.

Christmas parcels of food and other goods for the children of Ruhleben prisoners.

Report by Dr R Römer on a number of prisoners in Dr Weiler's Sanatorium at the camp.

Conditions of prisoners and their parcel system.

Application for printing paper necessary for civil administration of the camp.

Differences made between officer and civilian prisoners of war in matter of parcel delivery and internment in a neutral country.

Condition of civilian prisoners interned at Ruhleben following photograph of the Camp School received by the Prisoner of War Department.

Vice-Captain G Fisher has taken over Captaincy of camp while Captain Powell is ill with pneumonia.

Acknowledgement cards for parcels received by Ruhleben prisoners.

Report of the Ruhleben Finance Committee and Relief Sub-Committee.

Sale of sketches, etc. done by Ruhleben prisoners.

Relapse of Captain Powell and transfer to Dr Weiler's Sanitorium.

Medical treatment of civilian prisoners in Germany.

Contents of standard parcels sent to the camp and additional 13lbs of breadstuffs.

Alleged abstraction of butter and jam from parcels sent to Sam Heapy.

Application to send medecines to the camp.

Payments to the employees of the General Steam Navigation Company.

Passports for prisoners who are to be interned in Holland or repatriated to England who have no documentary proof of their British nationality.

Parliamentary question concerning the number of prisoners in Dr Weiler's Sanatorium suffering from mental illness.

Health of Captain Powell following bout of pneumonia.

Light and heat at the camp.

List of children whose fathers are interned in the camp.

Biological specimens for the camp.

Code 1218A File 3608 (papers 168241-end).

File 3608 (pp.168241-end).

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Canals and river transport

Clothing

Internment

International

Mental illness

Mutual societies

Europe and Russia

Research

Children

Disease

Food and drink

Merchant seaman

Medicine

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Sports