Focus on
Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Bremen and Bremerhaven, Germany: Various Registers
Catalogue reference: FO 585
What's it about?
FO 585
This series contains various registers from the British consulate in Bremen, Germany. Includes entries of births for Bremerhaven, 1872 to 1893.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
FO 585
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Bremen and Bremerhaven, Germany: Various Registers
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1872-1933
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains various registers from the British consulate in Bremen, Germany. Includes entries of births for Bremerhaven, 1872 to 1893.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
For further Bremerhaven registers see FO 586
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Bremen, Germany, 1872-1914
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Bremen, Germany, 1919-1939
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
5 volume(s)
-
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))
-
- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7886/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
You are currently looking at the series: FO 585
Foreign Office: Consulate, Bremen and Bremerhaven, Germany: Various Registers
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict. -
The story of
Anthony Blunt's confession
Security Service files paint a vivid picture of what happened when Anthony Blunt – then employed in the royal household – admitted spying for the Soviet Union.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.