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Turkey: Prisoners, including: Transmission of a letters to and from Major General...

Catalogue reference: FO 383/340

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FO 383/340

Date

1917

Description

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Transmission of a letters to and from Major General Sir Charles V E Townshend and members of his staff interned in Turkey via the US Embassy at Constantinople.

Financial affairs and salary of Major General Sir Charles V E Townshend.

Cheque drawn by Lieutenant G Haggard at Afion Kara Hissar.

Payments to Lieutenant E J Price.

Remittance for Bernard Tubini at Constantinople.

Remittance for Captain Stanley van Buren Laing.

Non-receipt of remittance of Lieutenant H Davenport at Afion Kara Hissar.

Funds collected by Mrs G R Wilson for relief of British prisoners in Turkey.

Distribution of £2500 from the Red Cross on relief of British prisoners of war.

Distribution of £300 from Lady Burghclere's Prisoners Fund for the relief of British prisoners troops taken prisoner at Kut.

Non-receipt of remittances of Captain Vernon R Guise and other officers at Afion Kara Hissar.

Distribution of £1000 for Indian prisoners captured in the Mesopotamian campaign.

Enquiry concerning rate of exchange for remittance of Captain L H Fox, interned at Kastamouni.

Salaries of Captains Summers and Palmer.

Payments to prisoners of war in Turkey.

Enquiry from Mr H A Walker about the welfare of his parents, Ethel Innard and Dimitro Deacopoulo.

Notification of the death of Thomas Jackson on 9 December 1916 at Constantinople and transmission of his remittance to his wife, Stephanie Jackson.

Payment to Lieutenant Colonel Coventry at Yozgad.

Arrest of Reverend R Frew in Constantinople and detainment of British medical officers and army chaplains as prisoners of war in Turkey.

Enquiry as to whether Lieutenant Ismail Haki, interned at Thayetmyo, is a medical officer and therefore eligible for repatriation.

Notification of the death of the wife of Dr Ohannessian of the Red Cross Hospital at Constantinople.

Transmission of a message from Reverend Dr William Wigram to his mother Harriet Mary Wigram, Watling House, St Albans.

Transmission of a message from Ada Harvey in Constantinople to Mrs Wigram and Mrs Holmes.

Request for the release of Muslims arrested in Crete.

Withheld pay of Lieutenant Commander Warren at Afion Kara Hissar in reprisal for the withheld pay of a Turkish prisoner Hakki, interned in Malta.

Spiritual ministrations of prisoners of war.

Enquiries between of Charles J Bunning, Engineer-in-Charge for Borax Consolidated in Sultan-Tchair and his brother Theodore A Bunning of Clifton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Exchange of effects of deceased prisoners including the effects of the late Captain H E Haddon, 119th Infantry, and the late Lieutenant B W R Reynolds, 103rd Mahrattas.

Remittance to Frances Alltree in Constantinople and messages between her and her mother Emma Alltree, The Laurels, Shropshire.

Payments to Doctor John F McClean at the British Hospital, Constantinople and enquiries concerning him and his daughter Mollie McClean.

Payment of money to people in England.

Payment to staff of John Jackson Limited in Turkey.

Enquiry from Mr Hudson as to the whereabouts and welfare of his sons Fred and Eric Hudson.

Annuity to Clara B A Alt of Constantinople.

Transmission of a letter From Mrs Bendjbara in England to her husband interned in France, Ali Bendjbara, and payment of remittance to her.

Messages from Mary Fraser in Constantinople to Winifred Christie and Mary Guy.

Code 1244 Files 5003-23274.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Files 5003-23274.

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Subjects
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Internment
International
Religions
Europe and Russia
Pay and pensions
Middle East
Medicine
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
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