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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.
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Parental contributions
Catalogue reference: BN 29/873
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This record is about the Parental contributions dating from 1965-1967 in the series Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children (CHN Symbol Series).... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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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 29/873
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Parental contributions
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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)
- CHN 2/1/9
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3438133/
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BN 29
Home Office and Department of Health and Social Security: Children (CHN Symbol Series)...
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