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Netherlands: Prisoners, containing: Hostel for British civilians at Rotterdam: Termination...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/526
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This record is about the Netherlands: Prisoners, containing: Hostel for British civilians at Rotterdam: Termination... 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 383/526
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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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Netherlands: Prisoners, containing:
Hostel for British civilians at Rotterdam:
- Termination of contract for the hostel. Includes a list of people housed in the hostel between May and August 1918.
- Recovery of the value of the equipment.
- Statement of expenditure.
Demand from the Dutch Government of payment in respect of parcels transported over Dutch territory.
Loan by the Netherlands Government to cover prisoner of war expenditure in Holland.
Contracts and despatches in respect of the barracks at Leeuwarden and Townley Hall at The Hague.
Loan to cover expenditure in connection with British prisoners of war in Holland: calculation of interest.
Expenses incurred by the Netherlands Government on behalf of interned British prisoners: transmission of statements.
Maintenance of civilian prisoners in Holland, with a nominal roll of civilians repatriated between July and October 1918 (in file 1327, docket no. 4785).
Payment of badges for interned civilians.
Repatriation of prisoners of war: entitlement of German prisoners.
Code 1229 Files 523-4830.
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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)
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Files 523-4830.
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English and French
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2617769/
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FO 383
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