Catalogue description Belgium: Prisoners, including: Transmission of message from Edith Strick-Mansbridge,...

Belgium: Prisoners, including:

Transmission of message from Edith Strick-Mansbridge, residing in Brussels, to Frank C Strick, of Leadenhall Street, London, concerning her debts.

Application for a passport for Irma da Costa, wife of Mr R L da Costa, interred at Ruhleben.

Details of the way remittances are paid to British subjects in Belgium through the Commission for Relief.

Application for an emergency passport from Pauline Pavesi, born 7 August 1901. Includes photograph.

Funds for the nuns in the Ursuline Convent at Saventhem and specifically to Mary Nairne (Mère Marie des Anges).

Application for an emergency passport from Mary Nairne, born 17 January 1886. Includes photograph.

Remittance for Elizabeth Caroline Sumner, residing in Bruges, from Mr H Sumner, of Birmingham.

Remittance for Richard Cuvier Roth, residing in Gheel.

Payment of Separation Allowance to Elvire Eugénie Brennan, wife of Gunner W B Brennan, Royal Field Artillery.

Remittance from the Colonial and Continental Church Society to Reverend H Stirling T Gahan, residing in Brussels; Reverend D K Moore residing in Lille and Mrs Fishe, residing in Croix. Includes a message from the Reverend Gahan to his wife in Dublin.

Emigration to America of Reverend Michael Henry O'Laverty, born Moljash, Ireland.

Arrest of Mr A MacIntosh, a British soldier, by the German police.

Arrest of Henry Rawlinson for possession of a false carte d'identité.

Application for an emergency passport from William Goddy Rothera, born 22 November 1908. Includes photograph.

Enquiry concerning the whereabouts of Miss Sherley, the aunt of Winifred Sherley Adams. Includes application form for an emergency passport for Winifred Adams, with photograph.

Enquiry concerning the welfare of James H Green, 10th Battalion, London Regiment.

Remittance for Theodora MacDermott and her husband Edward Joseph MacDermott.

Message from Maggie Brennan to Mrs R (Nellie) Jones, Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill.

British passport of Hedwig Louisa Stange.

Application for a British emergency passport from Henrietta Hennings in Brussels.

Application for a British emergency passport from Arthur J Delport, born 28th July 1888. Includes application form with photograph and message from his sister Blanch Delport.

Refusal of six Irish priests in Belgium (Richard Ryan, James McCann, John P Casey, Francis B Foley, Richard Joseph Gleeson and Andrew Clery) to swear an oath of allegiance in order to gain a British passport. Includes applications with photographs.

Enquiry concerning the welfare of Borlase Childs, at the Hospice Notre Dame, Bruges.

Enquiry concerning the health of Edith Stroud (Mère Veronique) at the Pensionnat Ursuline, Ans.

Enquiry as to whether Mrs M Middleton, the wife of Lieutenant E E Middleton of the Royal Field Artillery, is entitled to Separation Allowance and how much relief she should receive from the British Relief Fund.

Code 1204 Files 15996-31771.