Catalogue description Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands: Prisoners, including: GERMANY: Alois Brand,...

Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands: Prisoners, including:

GERMANY:

Alois Brand, interned at Ruhleben Camp: request for a copy of his certificate of naturalisation as a British subject.

Mr W M Groves: request for Francis Dufty, interned at Ruhleben Camp, to be considered in the proposed prisoner exchange scheme.

Mr F W Goldstone: request for Mr Jameson, interned at Ruhleben Camp, to be considered in the proposed prisoner exchange scheme.

Gustav Gerstle, a naturalised South African subject resident in Munich: request for a British passport.

Provision of certificates of internment in Ruhleben Camp to Sierra Leone nationals John Grey, Jim Kitten and Arthur Yorke.

Mrs Margaret Stewart Crawford: letter expressing concern over the operation of the exchange scheme for British prisoners over 45 years of age.

Mr S Japhet: request for permission to send clothing to his son-in law Mr S Sussman and his family in Frankfurt.

James Leslie: request for permission to send clothing to his daughter at Essen.

Paul Lutz: request for permission to send a sewing machine to his wife in Germany.

Messrs Donald McMillan and Mott: request for permission to send food parcels to John Hamel in Germany.

Heinrich Born: application for a British passport.

Carl Johann Springer: application for a British passport.

Robert Le Rossignol: enquiries following reports of his release from Ruhleben Camp to resume his former occupation as a research chemist in Berlin.

Capture of the Dutch SS Koningin Regentes by the German authorities, including:

• List of passengers with their nationalities.
• Mr A Jackman: enquiries regarding the welfare and whereabouts of his brother, Charles Moore Jackman; confirmation that Mr Jackman was being held in Ruhleben Camp.
• Return of seven of the passengers to Britain on the SS Woodcock.

James Francis Brophy, interned at Ruhleben Camp: report of his death at Dr Weiler's Sanatorium, with a report by Dr Weiler.

Mrs M Edwards: enquiry about the possible release of her son, Ivan J Edwards, interned at Ruhleben Camp.

Mr J Mekelburg: enquiry about the possible release of his father, Mr A Mekelburg, interned at Ruhleben Camp.

George Frederick Fischer, Vice Captain of Ruhleben Camp: requests from Mr H T Selby and Frank Solbé for Mr Fischer to be released on parole to visit his sick wife.

List of Canadian civilian prisoners held at Ruhleben Camp.

Mr W A Abraham: request for assistance in sending money to his wife, Mrs Lena Abraham, in Germany; arrangements for her repatriation to British Guiana.

Miss Lily Bertha Schomökel, resident in Berlin: application for a British passport.

Henry de Haas: application for exemption from military service.

Mrs Moss: enquiry about the release of prisoners from Ruhleben Camp.

Johannes Cornelis Roothaan: enquiries about his national status, following his capture on the SS Prins Hendrik.

Otto Bättenhausen, a naturalised British subject in Cassel, Germany: request for assistance in respect of remittances sent to him from South Africa; includes a medical certificate issued to Mr Bättenhausen by the District Surgeon of Cassel (in docket no.248664).

William Arthur Reddelien: request for a British passport.

Mrs Emmy Foell: request for a British passport, and application for a remittance of money to be sent to her from Australia, with the completed application form (in docket no. 239692).

Mrs Emmy Heiman and her son, Henry George Heiman, resident in Germany: applications for British passports to enable them to return to Johannesburg.

Mrs H Carter Walsh: request for information about her husband interned at Ruhleben Camp.

Investigation into reports of a delay in the transmission of correspondence from Ruhleben and other camps in Germany.

Legal Committee of the Civilian Internment Camp at Ruhleben: request for a copy of the Merchant Shipping Acts and a commentary.

Mr W D Williamson: request for information on the return of Miss Carrie Simpson from Germany to England.

William Pollard and Mrs Ethel Pollard: request for assistance in securing the return from Germany to England of their son, William Pollard.

Captain Frederick Haill: report of his capture on the Dutch SS Beijerland and subsequent arrival at Ruhleben Camp.

Confirmation that the crew of the trawler Narval had arrived at Ruhleben Camp.

Mr R W Morgan: comments on British policy regarding the exchange of prisoners.

Matthias and Lawry Sterzer: applications for British passports.

Policy regarding the despatch of food parcels to Bad Nauheim.

Johannes Bammens: request for British passports for his two children.

Petition from ships' officers and engineers in Ruhleben Camp.

List of captains and officers of merchant ships interned in Germany (in docket no.260559).

Mr Wilhelm Berthold Ihne: question of national status.

Repatriation from Germany of foreign-born women with British nationality .

ITALY:

Employment of prisoners of war.

Release of Italian prisoners from Galicia and Russia.

Transfer of Austrian prisoners of Italian nationality from Russia to Italy.

NETHERLANDS:

Arrest of Mr Knulder and Mr Winkelmann in Mombasa.

Investigations regarding a newspaper article written by Captain Hunt of the Royal Flying Corps; includes a copy of the article from The Daily Mail of 9 February 1916.

Details of punishment inflicted on British prisoners of the Royal Naval Division interned at Groningen; parliamentary questions from Mr Malcolm MP.

Mrs Valks: enquiry about her son, Able Seaman Thomas Valks, interned in the Netherlands; information about his involvement in a strike at Deventer.

Question of taxation of British officers interned in the Netherlands on parole, including a list of the officers (in docket no.53100).

Arrangements for the transmission of Royal Society of Arts examination papers to British naval prisoners at Groningen.

Reserve Lieutenant Zache, a German officer interned in the Netherlands: letter describing the events leading up to his internment.

Issues relating to the pay and employment of Dutch officers working in internment camps in the Netherlands.

Appointment of Rear Admiral R P F Purefoy as Naval Attaché at the Hague.

Mr H J Fairweather: request for assistance in obtaining his release from internment at Groningen.

Flight Sub-Lieutenant R E Greensmith: internment in the Netherlands.

Civil employment of British officers interned in the Netherlands.

Sub-Lieutenant C L Morgan: request for an extension of his leave on parole.

Arrangements for the examination in navigation and seamanship of members of the Naval Brigade interned in the Netherlands.

Arrangements for forwarding a letter to Lieutenant Charles Clifford, RND [Royal Naval Division], interned at The Hague.

Enquiry from John Le Sage, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph, about a proposed charity event in London.

Provision of employment to interned members of the Royal Naval Division.

Rates of pay of interned British prisoners.

Comments in the publication John Bull about conditions in Groningen Camp.

Code 1218, code 1222, code 1229 Germany: Files 221118-264724. Italy: Files 174357-208508 (complete). Netherlands: Files 12405-241891 (complete)