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Germany: Prisoners, containing: Deaths of British prisoners of war in Germany. Claim...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/517
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FO 383/517
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Germany: Prisoners, containing:
Deaths of British prisoners of war in Germany.
Claim of Captain Dehnicke, formerly in command of the German steamship C Ferd Laeisz, now interned at Berrima, New South Wales, that he and his crew should be considered as French prisoners.
Treatment of British and Allied prisoners of war (including the allegation that 200 prisoners were walled in in Kernwerk at Posen).
Supply of coal and oil for Holland to replace the amount used in connexion with the repatriation of British prisoners of war.
Complaints made by prisoners of war against their transport from Siam to India.
Mr Thomas Allen's application for an emergency passport.
War prisoners aid of the Young Men's Christian Associations (YMCA).
Sum of money allowed to German prisoners of war on being repatriated.
British Military Fund (including balance sheet at 30 September 1918 and income and expenditure statement .
Return to the United Kingdom of British born wives and widows of Germans.
Miss Edith Cavell (Nurse Cavell). Permission given to Princess Marie of Croy to present an album of photographs of the young Belgian and British military men helped to escape through the German lines by the late Miss Cavell.
Request for access to the records regarding the charge formulated against Miss Edith Cavell before the German Military Tribunal at Brussels.
Memorandum by a repatriated civilian about Dr Pohlman and the likely object of his stay in England.
Petition addressed to the Vatican and the Red Cross by civilian internees at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, in regard of their desired repatriation.
Return of effects of deceased prisoners natives of Alsace-Lorraine.
German delegates to help with the repatriation of German combatant and civilian prisoners.
Prussian delegates to be sent to France and England to help with the repatriation of German prisoners of war.
The death of the British prisoner of war John Genower at Brandenburg Camp (allegation that he was stabbed with a bayonet and thrust back to the flames of the burning building).
Restriction on correspondence: German women interned at Tempe Camp, near Bloemfontein, not being allowed to correspond with their husbands (interned elsewhere).
Code 1218 Files 3020-4614.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Files 3020-4614.
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Public Record(s)
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English and German
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Open Document, Open Description
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