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Turkey prisoners, containing: British prisoners of war buried at Kut. Enquiry regarding...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/535
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This record is about the Turkey prisoners, containing: British prisoners of war buried at Kut. Enquiry regarding... 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)
- FO 383/535
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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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Turkey prisoners, containing:
British prisoners of war buried at Kut.
Enquiry regarding Captain and second in command of the SS Julnar and copy of notice stating that he was killed on attempting to escape.
Repatriation expenses of Mr P W B Walker.
Reimbursement of repatriation expenses.
Disappearance of four British and Russian consular officers in Asia Minor.
Search for missing soldiers in the Gallipoli, Salonika and Syrian campaigns.
Repatriation of Turkish gendarmerie officers.
Ex-employees of The Ottoman Railway from Smyrna to Aidin.
Repatriation of Armenian prisoners interned in India.
Prisoners and refugees at Afion Kara Hissar, including some statistics on expelled Armenians.
Repatriation of Turkish medical staff in Smyrna, Mesopotamia, Egypt and India.
Court martial and execution of prisoner of war Effendi Farajalla bin Osman (includes a copy of the proceedings).
Internment camp at Smyrna: reports that women and children repatriated from Egypt have been subject to medical neglect and are loosing their sight.
Arrangements for the repatriation of Turkish prisoners from India and Mesopotamia.
Mail for Turkish prisoners of war in India.
Bureau International de la Paix, Berne: repayment of sums spent to obtain information regarding Turkish prisoners captured by British troops.
Return of Turkish subjects in Australia to Bulgaria.
Refund of travelling expenses from England to Turkey for repatriated British subjects.
Death sentence passed on two Turks (Corporal Ismail and Corporal Saleh) for murder of a fellow prisoner at Meiktila Camp.
Trial of Corporal Mohammed Sheriff for the murder of Talib Mustafa, fellow prisoner of war at Bellary.
Advances of money to Indian officers, prisoners at Konia.
Granting of permission to Turkish prisoners to send registered letters to their families.
Recommendations for gallantry and special services by prisoners.
Death of Turkish prisoner of war Ahmed Ismail at Lewe (shot dead by a sentry when attempting to escape).
Death of 2nd Lieutenant Mehmed Zia, Turkish subject interned at Miktila, Burma.
Death of Ibrahim Nomen, prisoner at Bellary (shot dead by a sentry when attempting to escape).
Major Hazim Bey, interned at Malta on the charge of ill-treating British prisoners of war.
Services rendered by Miss E D Cushman, American citizen and head nurse at Konia.
Code 1244 Files 1716-6842.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Files 1716-6842.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from...
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