Catalogue description Germany: Prisoners, including: Georges Roellinger, French subject residing in UK with...

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Georges Roellinger, French subject residing in UK with brother: request that letter be sent to his mother in Mulhouse, Alsace.

W G Mereweather, in London: request that communication be sent to his fiancée and friends in Germany.

Ernest C Fréfel, of Bedford Park, London: enquiry whether it was permissible for him to send letters received from alien enemies through his relatives in Switzerland.

Kleinwort, Sons and Co of Fenchurch Street, London: communication with German bank at Stuttgart.

F W Hanson, interned in Germany: correspondence concerning release from W P Schreiner, High Commissioner, Union of South Africa, London.

W F Herbery, detained in Germany: enquiry from sister, Mrs Kate Boardman of Shipley.

Capt Montgomery Campbell: question of application of s6 of The Hague Convention regarding his case.

Richard McLearn (or McLaren) in Bergedorf: request from his aunt, Miss J Bonner of Glasgow, for assistance in returning him to UK.

Solomon Abecasis, British subject imprisoned in Berlin pending legal proceedings.

Continued detention in Germany of seamen aged over 55 years: Thomas Chambers, steward on board SS President; Henry Arnold Jones, chief officer SS Dartwen; Charles E Brown, master SS Vienna; Joseph Ettershanks, first engineer SS Vienna; James A Tait, master SS Coburg.

Stuart Lockhart, aged 16 years, son of Capt W J Lockhart: detention in Germany on grounds of being a seaman.

Rev Ernest Raven Breakwell, British clergyman: detention in Germany; German authorities dissatisfaction with ordination certificate as evidence of him still legally being in Holy Orders; enquiries regarding his ordination.

Robert Priestley, interned in Germany: enquiry from wife, Margaret Priestley of Leith, Scotland.

H W A Hopf, British subject interned at Ruhleben: possible release on health grounds following communication from his wife, Mrs Hopf of Rugby.

John Hannam Richardson, civilian prisoner at Ruhleben, previously employed in Anglo-South American Bank, Hamburg: enquiry from his uncle, William Miller of Darlington.

Harold Sturrock, invalided British representative at International Exhibition of the Book Industry and Graphic Arts at Leipzig: notification of possible arrest.

F B Collins Feilman: release from Ruhleben; enquiries regarding whereabouts.

Mr H Griffith Newton, British prisoner at Ruhleben: enquiries regarding possible release.

Dr Hugo Cimino, civilian prisoner at Ruhleben: notification of release.

Rev C J Pearce, British clergyman: refusal of German Government for release; enquiry from his father, William Pearce of Cardiff.

John St Barbe Collins, aged under 17 years, at school in Saxony, son of Lt-Col C B Collins, Royal Engineers in East Africa: enquiry from his uncle, Colonel D C Carter of Shirehampton near Bristol.

Dr Henri S Béland MP, former Postmaster-General of Canada: detention in Antwerp; enquiry from Empire Parliamentary Association.

Henry Frokjar: notification of his escape from Germany.

Mr G Mahnke, former Mayor of Stawell, Victoria, Australia, interned in Germany with wife and daughters: possible exchange.

Exchange of two Canadians for two Germans, one in Canada and the other in US.

William Robert Moncaster, marine engineer of the SS Dearne: detention in Germany.

Edwin Williams, interned at Ruhleben: signed petition from members of the Reform Club, Pall Mall, London requesting his release.

Thomas Lewis, prisoner of war in Germany: notification from his son, D C Lewis of Swansea, of his re-arrest and re-internment following release.

Leonard C Dixon, invalid son of W F Dixon, an artist of British nationality: notification of arrest and imprisonment by German authorities.

Rev B O'Rorke, Chaplain to the Forces in Germany: detention as a prisoner of war.

Prof Bryceson Treharne, detained in Germany: enquiries as to claim to be an Australian citizen.

Patrick James Frederick Graeme, British subject over 65 years of age, detained in Germany: enquiry from sister, Mrs D M Giersberg.

British merchant sailors detained in Germany.

Maximilian Theodor Carl Schleicher, British born subject detained in Germany: enquiries regarding nationality.

Max Hubner: release from Ruhleben but requirement to remain in Germany.

Frank Herbert Zahringer: release in Germany and permission to return to England.

Young children detained in Germany: case of Miss Camilla Schutz and children Lillian Day and Nancy Day.

British Divinity students interned at Ruhleben: William John Crossland Briggs and Harold Luck; enquiries from Briggs's father, C H Briggs, of Shipley, Yorkshire, and from the Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford.

British subjects in Germany over 17 years having full liberty.

James Henry Ward, British subject under 17 years, detained in Germany and refused a permit to leave: enquiry from his father; includes photograph (in docket. no.12522).

E A Bowman, detained in Germany with son Noel Bowman: enquiry from wife, Mrs F A Bowman of Birkenhead.

Miss Leta Mai Arbuthnott, detained at Leipzig.

Edward Coote, interned at Ruhleben.

Dr Aubrey Thomas Mussen: information of him not being held as a civil prisoner in Munich.

William Thomas Borton, detained as a civil prisoner of war at Ruhleben: enquiry from his niece, Miss V M Borton of St Petersburg.

Alan Strawbridge, native-born South Australian detained in Luxembourg.

Guy de Petard, Edmund Neil Carr, Eustace Walter Malden, and Mr Brodrick and friends interned at Ruhleben.

Sali Mosbacher, naturalised British subject held in Germany.

Hugh Jefferson Stokes, British subject interned at Ruhleben: representations made by his father, Edward D Stokes of Ealing, regarding his son's wife and infant children reported to be at Nijmegen, Netherlands, in great financial distress.

Capt George N Purdy, merchant marine interned at Ruhleben: enquiry from Messrs William Thomson and Company, Canadian steamship owners, requesting steps be taken from his release.

Mrs Emile Roche: refusal of German authorities to allow her to leave Germany via Switzerland.

Mr Winterhalder senior, British subject aged 65 years, detained in Germany when visiting his daughter: enquiry from son, G Winterhalder of Leeds, regarding issue of a passport.

David Percival Doak, detained at Ruhleben: refusal of German authorities to release him on health grounds.

H A Searle, English civil prisoner interned at Ruhleben: request for exchange as an invalid.

Albert John Kemp, accused of espionage and declared innocent: arrangements for return to UK.

Robert Edminson, British civil prisoner of war at Ruhleben: enquiry from cousin, Mrs J Thompson of Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland.

Jacob Frenkel, naturalised British subject detained at Ruhleben: enquiry from his brother, Jacob Frenkel.

Lawrence Sloan and Eric Sloan, British subjects detained at Ruhleben: possible release in connection with exchange of consular officers.

Miss Maria Seal, British subject detained in Germany.

David Percival Doak, British subject interned at Ruhleben: enquiry from his father, J A Doak, County Down, Ireland.

Francis H Badham, detained at Ruhleben: correspondence from sister, Miss Cecilia Badham of Cromer, regarding his birth certificate.

Percy C Hull: communications regarding release.

Code 1218 File 91-119 (to paper 26405).