Turkey: Prisoners, including: Conditions in Turkish prisoner of war camps: Letter...

Turkey: Prisoners, including:

Conditions in Turkish prisoner of war camps:

• Letter from the Prisoners in Turkey Committee on the shortage of qualified dental surgeons in Turkish prisoner of war camps and proposing employment of dentists of enemy or neutral nationality.
• San Stefano prisoner of war camp: letter from Private Tom Wright, complaining of ill-treatment of prisoners by new German commandant.
• Report dated 25 June 1918, by Dr John F Maclean on his experiences while interned in the Villayet of Angora.
• List of British officers transferred from Changri prisoner of war camp.
• Letter from New Zealand Prisoner of War Department enclosing a letter from Private Arthur Pierce, dated 27 April 1918, complaining of conditions at San Stefano prisoner of war camp.
• Extracts from letters by prisoners at Kastamuni and Changri prisoner of war camps giving details of dental treatment.
• Two letters from Colonel S F Newcombe on conditions at prisoner of war camps in Turkey, with recommendations for improvements.
• Proposed financial aid for assistant surgeon, K S Abdul Kayam.
• Saint Stefano prisoner of war camp: letter from Private R Lushington of the 16th Battalion, complaining of deterioration in conditions since the appointment of a new German commandant.
• Memorandum from British Prisoner of War Department enclosing extracts from prisoners' letters relating to conditions in prisoner of war camps throughout Turkey.
• Note and memorandum on the imprisonment of Lieutenant Dr W Galloway of the 120th Infantry.
• Correspondence from the British Prisoner of War Department urging action on the part of the Netherlands Legation to remedy the unacceptable conditions in Turkish prisoner of war camps.
• Press cutting of a letter by N Ford Anderson, Secretary of the Prisoners in Turkey Committee, and published in The Times on 10 August 1918, commenting on the mortality rate of British prisoners in Turkish prisoner of war camps.
• Correspondence of the Prisoners in Turkey Committee during August 1918, remarking on conditions, and including extracts from letters of British prisoner in Turkey.
• Printed copy of Kédos Gazette, dated August 1918; with extracts from letters of officer prisoners at Kédos prisoner of war camp.
• Letters from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Moore of the 66th Punjaubis, prisoner at Yozgad prisoner of war camp.
• Reports on visits of inspection to Turkish prisoner of war camps: Daridja Cement Factory, Psamatia Prisoner of War Camp, Haidar Pasha Prisoner of War Camp and Hospital, Gumush-Souyu Hospital, Derinje Prisoner of War Camp and Eski Hissar Prisoner of War Camp.
• Article from The Spectator, dated 7 September 1918, on conditions and mortality rates among prisoners of war in Turkey.
• Letter from Major D H Pearson regarding his ill-treatment at Kedos prisoner of war camp.
• Minutes of a meeting dated 27 September 1918, of the Executive Committee of the Prisoners in Turkey Committee, on supplies for and conditions of British prisoners in Turkish prisoner of war camps.
• Report by British Government Committee, dated 11 October 1918, on treatment of British prisoners of war in Turkey.
• Proposed increased allowances to British officers and Indian prisoners of war in Turkey.
• Report and correspondence on visit of inspection to San Stefano prisoner of war camp by the Minister Resident and Mr Van Bommel, dated 30 September 1918.
• Reports by escaped officer prisoners of war on treatment of British prisoners in Turkey: statements of Captain M A B Johnston of the Royal Garrison Artillery, Captain K D Yearsley of the Royal Engineers, Captain F Ellis of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and Captain J H Harris of the 1st/4th Hampshire Regiment.

Shooting of Rifleman G Branson: views of the Netherlands Legation on representation to be made to the Turkish Government regarding the civilised treatment of prisoners of war.

Note by Netherlands Legation on delay in forwarding of remittances and relief allowances to British prisoners of war in Turkey.

British request for information regarding five missing prisoners of war named as Waterhouse, Reed, Warren, Neill and Webb: Red Crescent Society information that W H Webb is at Bagatché prisoner of war camp.

Efforts to pressurise Turkish Government to cancel a proposed transfer of British prisoners from Aleppo to the inaccessible north and interior of Turkey.

Letter from General Sir C Melliss, Netherlands Minister at Constantinople, dated 3 September 1918, enclosing a letter from Major E A Walker of Broussa prisoner of war camp, protesting at the manner in which the Turkish authorities conducted medical examinations of British prisoners of war.

Note on appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir S Calthorpe as High Commissioner at Constantinople, with instructions to him on procedures for notifying the Ottoman Government.

Copy of white paper, dated November 1918, on the treatment of British prisoners of war in Turkey.

Medical and legal opinion of Major S Haughton and John Startin on allegations of sodomy by Private Tuch, Drummer W Bell, Private W C Fisher and Private D Baker.

Documents (in French) relating to the treatment of Lieutenant Greenwood and Lieutenant Mousley on their journey from Castamouni to Constantinople in September 1917.

Report on treatment of British prisoners of war by Baghdad Railway Company.

Code 1244 File 683 (papers 109523-end).

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