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Netherlands: Prisoners, including: Provisioning of British prisoners of war in Holland:...

Catalogue reference: FO 383/443

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Reference
FO 383/443
Date
1918
Description

Netherlands: Prisoners, including:

Provisioning of British prisoners of war in Holland: arrangements for supply of fuel, grain, food and utensils, including:

  • Newspaper cutting of article from La Gazette de Hollande entitled 'Foreigners in Holland: The Food Scarcity', dated 30 March 1918.
  • Rations and insufficient food supplies at Groningen prisoner of war camp: letters of complaint from H Tebbitt of North London, Charles Darnell of Groningen prisoner of war camp and his father, James William Darnell of Grimsby.
  • Letter of complaint regarding food rations at Groningen prisoner of war camp forwarded by the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen and signed by Charles Darnell, H W Rayner, H Lucker, J Carrat, John F Dale and Charles E Hanard.
  • Diet sheet showing meal rations for week ending 26 May 1918, for prisoners at Groningen prisoner of war camp.
  • Report by the British Legation to The Hague, dated 4 June 1918, giving details of current provisioning of Groningen prisoner of war camp and outlining proposals for improvements.
  • Details of food requirements of British prisoners and lists of firms to which such stocks should be consigned.
  • Translation of article from De Tijd newspaper, dated 20 July 1918, regarding the dissatisfaction of Belgian and British prisoners with rations supplied by Dutch Government.
  • Diet sheet for July 1918, showing inadequacy of food supplied to prisoners in Dutch prisoner of war camps.
  • Proposal to feed unsmoked, pickled herrings to British prisoners in Holland: opposition of Prisoners of War Department of the British War Office.
  • List giving details of the contents of parcels to be sent to Indian civilian prisoners interned in Holland.
  • Details of rations issued to civilians interned at Nijmegen prisoner of war camp: diet sheets for period 15 July to 18 August 1918 and from 16 to 29 September 1918.
  • Details of rations issued to interned non-commissioned officers and men for period 12 to 19 August 1918.
  • Eric C B Hancock, civilian interned in Holland: letter from his father, C B C Hancock, requesting action regarding the inadequacy of current rations and seeking advice on sending food parcels to his son.
  • Letter from Charles Walker of the Admiralty quoting recommended average dietary requirements and proposing that current bread rations should be doubled.
  • Arrangements for payment for foodstuffs sent to Holland.
  • Letters from Edith S Strachan, expressing concern over the case of her husband, Lionel R M Strachan, and the fact that despite assurances to the contrary, rations to British prisoners of war in Holland have not improved.
  • Arrangements for despatch of khaki cloth for prisoners of war interned in Holland.

Accommodation for British prisoners of war in Holland:

  • Communication from Sir Walter Townley regarding financial negotiations over payment of profits to housing syndicate.
  • Signature of contracts for the construction by Karel van Bylandt Straat, of buildings capable of accommodating 1000 British prisoners of war.
  • Correspondence and notes on contracts between Dutch Government and the National Grondbezit to accommodate British prisoners of war.
  • Copy of document entitled 'Agreement between the State and National Grondbezit in regard to the Housing and Boarding of British interned Prisoners of War', dated 12 January 1918.
  • Draft contract with proprietors of hotels at Scheveningen for board and lodging of British officer prisoners of war and one British officers' servant per ten officers.
  • Contract for housing British civilians interned at Nijmegen.
  • Interest on sums advanced by Dutch Government in connection with internment of prisoners of war.
  • Press cutting of article published in La Gazette de Holland entitled 'Netherlands and Foreign Credits: Payments for Interned Prisoners, Why should the Netherlands Advance the money?', dated 23 August 1918.
  • Advances from Dutch Government respecting the expenses incurred in accommodating prisoners of war.

Code 1229 Files 614-817.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Files 614-817.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
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Subjects
Topics
Internment
International
Army
Europe and Russia
Food and drink
Navy
Fishing
Rationing
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2617686/

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