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Germany: Prisoners, including: Conditions at prisoner of war camps, including: Report...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/491
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- FO 383/491
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Germany: Prisoners, including:
Conditions at prisoner of war camps, including:
- Report by Lieutenant F J Ives, 4th Northumberland Fusiliers, on Cottbus prisoner of war camp.
- Report by Captain Spence Weigham on conditions at Stendal prisoner of war camp.
- Report on visits of inspection by Dr R Römer and Dr G Hoekstra to prisoner of war camps: Kiel, Lengede, Oldigsleben, Clausthal, Minden, Graeftenniederung and Hameln.
Prussian Ministry of War response to representations by the British section of the Netherlands Legation refuting ill-treatment of prisoners of war, including:
- Rations supplied to prisoners held at Lazarett.
- Conditions at Cassel-Niederzwehren prisoner of war camp.
- Punishment of British officers who tried to escape from Bad Colberg.
- Conditions at Soltau prisoner of war camp.
- Conditions at Köln-Neusser prisoner of war camp.
- Conditions at Grube Westerholt-Buer Hassel prisoner of war camp.
- Conditions at officers' prisoner of war camp at Holzminden and treatment of Captain W L Robertson.
- Injuries to Private Leake of 'König Wilhelm' prisoner of war camp at Essen-Borbeck.
Recommendation by Attorney General to Mr Balfour that proposed enlargement of Armistice conditions include the hand over to British Government of enemy officers in cases where breach of laws of war and humanity is suspected.
Report dated 24 December 1918, by Mr Frank Bennett, Master of the SS Colchester, on capture of vessel and treatment as prisoner of war.
Investigation into alleged execution of four members of the Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, named as William Hamilton, Bernard Hepburn, William Bunton and William Lockhead.
Report dated 3 January 1919, by senior medical officer, W E Matthew, on visit of the hospital ship Garth Castle to Danzig and Stettin in connection with repatriation of British officers.
Statement by the Netherlands Legation giving an explanation for disparity between British officers accounts and reports of Legations's inspectors regarding conditions in prisoner of war camps.
Code 1218 File 7 (papers 1143-1826).
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- File 7 (pp.1143-1826).
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