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Germany: prisoners, containing: Arrangements for repatriation of German prisoners...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/501
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This record is about the Germany: prisoners, containing: Arrangements for repatriation of German prisoners... dating from 1919 in the series Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 383/501
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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, containing:
Arrangements for repatriation of German prisoners of war from the United Kingdom, including:
- List of incapacitated prisoners sailing on the Panama on 1 April 1919.
- Lists giving numbers sailing on the ships Accrington, Lutterworth, Colleen Bawn, Dewsbury and Stockport bound for Rotterdam in March and April 1919.
- Repatriation of 304 German medical personnel embarked on the Accrington.
- Role of General Bruce in the repatriation of prisoners of war via Rotterdam.
- Alleged ill-treatment of German prisoners of war on a voyage of the Manitou from the Royal Albert Docks to Rotterdam, in February 1919.
- Letter reporting on an interview with German military attaché, Colonel Renner, stating the urgent need for information on arrival of German prisoners.
- Note from the German Foreign Office complaining of alleged delayed repatriation of German prisoners of officer rank; response of British Government denying allegations .
- Letters proposing that since the armistice, Germany should bear the costs of repatriation.
- Note from the German Foreign Office, dated 24 February 1919, complaining of conditions on board the English ship Manitou.
- Foreign Office views concerning re-admission to United Kingdom of repatriated German civilians who are refused admission to their own country.
- Treatment of German prisoners of war on board the repatriation ships Accrington, Stockport, Lutterworth, Manitou and Steward: German and English reports giving details of ill-treatment, theft and unacceptable conditions; Dutch reaction to the situation.
- Mortality on shipboard among Germans repatriated from China.
Code 1218 File 51 (papers 3588-5119).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- File 51 (pp.3588-5119).
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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