The story of
Britain’s youngest prisoner of war: John Giles Hipkin
14-year-old cabin boy John Giles Hipkin became Britain's youngest Second World War prisoner of war in 1941 after he was captured at sea.
Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Children's Division: Registered Files (CDT...
Catalogue reference: BN 74
What's it about?
BN 74
This series contains some Children's Division policy material, inspection reports and case files concerning children and young persons who were detained in local authority community homes under sections 53(1) or 53(2) of the Children and Young...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Children's Division: Registered Files (CDT Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1977-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains some Children's Division policy material, inspection reports and case files concerning children and young persons who were detained in local authority community homes under sections 53(1) or 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
Many files are re-registered files of the Ministry of Health and Department of Health's LA file Office Series (MH 152). Some of the files in this series bear cross-references to Home Office Prison department files.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the Inspectorate of Children's Department see: HO 360 HO 361 HO 366
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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)
- CDT file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Health and Social Security, Child Care Division, 1985-1987
- Department of Health and Social Security, Children, Maternity and Prevention Division, 1987-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, Childrens Division, 1971-1985
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 90 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to closure for periods up to 100 years
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3007/
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