Catalogue description Germany: Prisoners, including: Detention of medical personnel: general papers, with...

Germany: Prisoners, including:

Detention of medical personnel: general papers, with individual cases, including:

• Retention of medical service personnel in enemy's hands.
• Capt H E Priestley, military doctor, Royal Army Medical Corps, interned at Wittenburg: representations for his release on health grounds, from his brother-in-law, J P Blake, Hon. Secretary, National League of Young Liberals; later report from German authorities that he is to face a military court of enquiry and cannot be permitted to return.
• Capt Philip Davy, Royal Army Medical Corps, interned at Gardelegen: representations for his release on health grounds, from his sister, Miss Kathleen T Davy, of Taunton.
• Exchange of sanitary service personnel.
• German medical service personnel fallen into hands of the Russians.
• Detention of Capt Priestley, Capt Vidal, and Capt Lauder, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Mrs Lotte Schneider, in Germany: request by Arthur J Speer, of London, for assistance to send remittances to Mrs Schneider, wife of his business partner, Arthur Schneider, interned with British civil prisoners at Ruhleben.

Disposal of German prisoners at conclusion of war: enquiries from the Governor of Jamaica; also Canada.

H H Gastrell, late HM Consul at Stuttgart: payments in connection with rent of his house and the consulate.

German named Russell, reported as being shot at Lichtenburg, South Africa, as a German spy.

W H Freran, of Tranmere, Cheshire: compensation claim for furniture and personal effects in Mannheim.

Lieut Cecil H J Chichester-Constable, Royal Warwickshire Regiment: sentence to five months imprisonment in Germany; enquiry from his mother, Edith Chichester-Constable, of Hull; report of circumstances; question of publicity for case.

Rev C F Mynhardt (or Mijnhardt), Dutch minister of religion, in German East Africa since beginning of war: return to South Africa; suggestion for interview to provide information regarding German resources; includes press article, with photograph of Rev Mynhardt, from the Johannesburg Sunday Times.

Dr Diedrich Westermann, of General Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Church of the USA: return to Germany; request for safe-conduct.

Transfer to Bermuda of 4,000 civilian prisoners interned in UK.

Cecil von Hafen, civil prisoner of war at Ruhleben: request for money to be sent to him; enquiry from Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent, regarding advisability of doing so.

Exchange of incapacitated prisoners and medical personnel, including:

• German incapacitated prisoners for exchange.
• Exchange of incapacitated military officers: Major Meiklejohn and Captain Morley, both interned at Burg.
• Exchange of incapacitated prisoners of war.
• Colonel W Gordon VC (docket nos. 43727 and 62295).
• German prisoners in UK claimed as incapacitated.
• Extension to wounded in colonies and protectorates, of agreement for exchange of incapacitated prisoners.
• Exchange of British and German wounded prisoners.
• Exchange of sanitary service staff and incapacitated prisoners.
• Reservist Gefreite Albert Krueger, wounded German prisoner interned in Jersey (docket no. 85406).
• Exchange of severely wounded prisoners and medical personnel.
• Exchange of sanitary personnel in the colonies.
• [NOTE: several dockets include lists of prisoners, or make reference to individuals, including docket nos. 42359, 61326, 81194 (all German) and 85427 (UK)].

Code 1218 File 33209-35580 (to paper 87716).