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Russia, Scandinavia and Switzerland: Prisoners, containing: RUSSIA: Protection of...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/527
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This record is about the Russia, Scandinavia and Switzerland: Prisoners, containing: RUSSIA: Protection of... 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 383/527
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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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Russia, Scandinavia and Switzerland: Prisoners, containing:
RUSSIA:
Protection of British subjects in Riga.
SCANDINAVIA:
Praiseworthy conduct of Commander Kennedy of HMS India in connection of the internment of British prisoners at Jörstadmoen (Norway).
Official dinner for Danes who have helped in the repatriation of British prisoners.
Gratitude to Swedish Government for their services in regard to the repatriation of prisoners.
Gratitude of the King to the King and people of Denmark.
General Yarde Buller's report on the camp of British prisoners of war awaiting repatriation at Ljungbyhed (Sweden), with a list of Swedish officers who assisted with the repatriation.
Supervision of German prisoners in Norway.
Lease for cemetery where British prisoners who died in Denmark are buried.
SWITZERLAND:
Expression of thanks from King George to the Swiss President at the conclusion of the repatriation process.
Civilian Interned Fund.
Vouchers relating to the French internment service in Switzerland.
Position of interned soldiers who remain in Switzerland until the end of January 1919.
Meeting between the Swiss internment authorities and hotel keepers relative to the payment of extra capitation rate.
Cost of maintenance of British prisoners.
Increase of capitation rate for interned prisoners.
Position of interned officers and men who remain hospitalised in Switzerland.
Protest of Swiss authorities regarding the capitation rate for prisoners.
Transmissions of abstracts of accounts relative the to the maintenance of prisoners.
Expenses of repatriation of interned British prisoners.
Cost of maintenance of sick and wounded British prisoners.
Disposal of surplus stock of flour at Berne.
Apparent confusion of John Toby, Liberian subject (probably steward of the SS Banana), with the repatriated seaman John Tobin, British Mercantile Marine.
Treatment of tuberculosis:
- Provision of a sanatorium for officers suffering from tuberculosis (at Leysin).
- Treatment of tuberculous men at Leysin.
- Establishment of a British Sanatorium in Arosa.
- No need to acquire any premises in Switzerland for a British sanatorium.
Closure of the Bern Internment Office.
Assumption of control of British prisoners of war in Switzerland by Brigadier General Russell.
Final report of the British Legation Red Cross Organisation in Switzerland, by Lady Etheldred Rumbold.
Report: Rapport du Comité Neuchâtelois de Secours aux Prisonniers de guerre Français, Belges et Anglais.
Code 1238, code 1230, code 1243 Russia: File 431 (complete). Scandinavia: Files 071-3853 (complete). Switzerland: Files 021-6507 (complete).
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Russia: File 431 (complete). Scandinavia: Files 071-3853 (complete). Switzerland: Files 021-6507 (complete).
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