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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
Home Office: Reformatories Entry Books
Catalogue reference: HO 137
What's it about?
HO 137
Out-letters to inspectors of reformatories and others concerning the administration of industrial schools.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Reformatories Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873-1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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Out-letters to inspectors of reformatories and others concerning the administration of industrial schools.
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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)
- 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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- Home Office, Criminal Department, Reformatory and Industrial Schools Department, 1866-1888
- Home Office, Domestic Department, Reformatory and Industrial Schools Department, 1888-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 34 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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/C9001/
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Home Office: Reformatories Entry Books
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