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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
Children's Committee: Records
Catalogue reference: BS 14
What's it about?
BS 14
Minutes, correspondence, consultation documents and other records of the Children's Committee.The files mainly relate to the medical, educational and social provision for children.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BS 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Children's Committee: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1977-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, correspondence, consultation documents and other records of the Children's Committee.
The files mainly relate to the medical, educational and social provision for children.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Minutes and papers of the Central Health Services Council are in MH 133
See also Department of Health and Social Security,
The report of the Committee on Child Health Services is in BN 33
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Childrens Committee, 1978-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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44 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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- Topics
- Children
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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'Fit for the Future', the report of the Committee on Child Health Services (Court Committee) which was published in 1977 (Cmnd. 6684), recommended that the Children and Family Life Group of the Personal Social Services Council (PSSC) should be re-constituted as a joint committee of the PSSC and the Central Health Services Council (CHSC). The Children's Committee (originally referred to as the Children's Joint Committee) was consequently established in 1978, for an initial period of three years, to advise government on matters relating to children and their families. Its term of office expired in October 1981 and was not renewed.
The committee was formed of fifteen individuals drawn from the fields of health, social service and education; its membership was based on personal ability and not representation of interested organisations. Prof Frederic Brimblecombe was appointed as its chairman.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3030/
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