Catalogue description Awards to helpers of British service personnel during their escape and evasion, numbers...

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Details of WO 208/5459
Reference: WO 208/5459
Description:

Awards to helpers of British service personnel during their escape and evasion, numbers 4234-4277. (Described at item level).

These are recommendations or citations for awards to foreign nationals for helping or aiding Allied prisoners of war who either escaped or evaded capture. They were not published in the official [London] Gazette. They may include details of their assistance and occasionally name the Allied personnel whom they helped.

Date: 1946
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MI9/19/ BM
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Record opening date: 01 January 2004

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