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Prisoners of war, including: Prisoners of War Department: Demobilisation of the Prisoners...
Catalogue reference: FO 383/546
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 383/546
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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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Prisoners of war, including:
Prisoners of War Department:
- Demobilisation of the Prisoners of War Department.
- Lists of persons employed at the Spanish Embassy on the date of the armistice concerned with British interests.
- Dissolution of the Prisoners of War Department: circular letters regarding the disposal of furniture and papers.
- Reports on the work of the Prisoners of War Department.
- Future of permanent civil servants.
Letters and parcels to British subject in parts of occupied Germany.
Remittances to:
- British subjects in enemy territory.
- Enemy territory, neutral countries and Russia.
- Enemy subjects in Russia.
- British subjects in Germany.
Allied prisoners of war who have been transported on British ships to the UK, with summary of numbers and a list of ships.
Whereabouts of Captain D Owen ex SSWindsor Hall who was captured by a submarine.
Sinking of the SS Windsor Hall near Alexandria on 17 January 1918.
License issued to Thomas Cook and Son, Toronto, regarding remittances to enemy subjects in enemy territory.
Memorandum on the Activity of the Enquiry Branch of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Fund Association at Geneva, January 1919.
Services of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Fund Association at Geneva.
Agenda for the Aliens and Nationality Committee meeting of 7 March 1919.
Luggage belonging to German and Austrian civilians who have been repatriated from the UK.
Denaturalisation of German nationals.
Maintenance of discipline amongst prisoners of war.
Repatriation of enemy civilians from the United States.
Ratification of the Bernese Agreement November 11.
Repatriation of enemy subjects from the United States.
Relief of British subjects in enemy countries.
Numbers of British, colonial and native prisoners taken by the enemy and interned in neutral countries.
Code 1250 Files 1864 (papers 6846-end)-4458.
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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 1864 (pp.6846-end)-4458.
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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/C2617789/
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FO 383
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