Objekt FO 383/288 - Germany: Prisoners, including: Status and pay of certain German officers (names in docket no.1692) promoted...

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FO 383/288

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Germany: Prisoners, including: Status and pay of certain German officers (names in docket no.1692) promoted...

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  • 1917 (Anlage)

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Germany: Prisoners, including: Status and pay of certain German officers (names in docket no.1692) promoted following their capture. Observations on the condition of British prisoners on their arrival in Switzerland. Supply of clothing to British prisoners in Germany. Captain Lord Lucas: communication of the news of his death to Mrs Waldorf Astor. Captain Karl von Müller, interned at Kegworth Camp, including: German memorandum threatening reprisals unless the conditions of his internment were improved. Confirmation by the British authorities that he had received suitable treatment. Report by Captain J Armstrong on the transfer of Captain von Müller by ship from Malta to England. Implementation by the German authorities of reprisals against interned British officers. Information provided by various British officers (names in docket nos.77697, 78566 and 89767) on German reprisals. German memorandum stating that the reprisals had been discontinued. Letter from Captain von Müller on the conditions of internment for German officers; decision by the Army Council that the letter could not be forwarded to the German Government. Protest by the British Government about the commencement of German reprisals without prior notification. Issue of towels to British prisoners in Germany. Baron Herbert von Pohl, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, including: Request by Baron von Pohl to visit his sick mother in Germany. Decision by the Army Council that parole could not be given. Copy of a letter from Baron von Pohl relating to his mothers condition, with a medical attestation bearing an American consular seal. Request for Baron von Pohl to be exchanged for Mr George F Fisher, interned at Ruhleben Camp. Decision by the British Government that the exchange could not be permitted. Captain Rudolf Streek, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man: protest about the methods of the capture of his ship, the trawler Burgermeister Smidt , by the crew of the English trawler St George. Supply of motor car tyres for the US Embassy in Berlin, including: Loss of tyres in transit from Rotterdam by the American Express Company. Request by the Netherlands Minister in Berlin for spare tyres for the car used for visits to prison camps. Recovery of the tyres sent from Rotterdam. Arrangements for the payment and despatch of tyres from the UK. German memorandum on the shooting of the German missionary Palm at Shirati, German East Africa by an English soldier. Reported outbreak of typhus in internment camps in Germany; confirmation by the US Embassy that the reports were unfounded. Transfer of British prisoners, including Private D Golden, from Zossen to Danzig-Troyl. Indian prisoners interned in Germany, including: Delay in the despatch of correspondence from Zossen, with printed extracts from various letters provided by the Censor, Indian Mails, in France. German memorandum explaining that the delay was caused by problems in censoring the correspondence. Subahdar Major Sher Sing Rani interned at Clausthal: extract from a letter to Captain Mahdo Sing Rani on the conditions of his internment; information that he had been moved to Ströhen Camp. Report that Indian prisoners at Zossen were being transferred to Romania. Report of a visit of inspection to the internment camps at Zossen. Confirmation that a number of Indian prisoners had been transferred from Germany to the camp at Walachi, Romania. Request by the Secretary of State for India for a formal protest regarding the transfer of the prisoners, and for a visit of inspection to be made to the camp at Walachi. Letter from the German Ministry of War confirming that the prisoners were in good health. Captain F P Gulland: extract from a letter from his mother concerning conditions for interned Indian prisoners in Germany. Refusal by the German Government to provide information on the prevalence of tuberculosis among British prisoners. Karl Marnitz and Eduard Wolf, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: protest by the German Government about the punishments imposed on them. Approval for the transmission of money for the relief of German subjects in South Africa. Repatriation of prisoners, including: Proposal by the Swiss Government for the repatriation from Switzerland of prisoners who had recovered from tuberculosis. Rejection by the British Government of the proposal. Proposal by the British Government for a revision of the schedule of disabilities to facilitate the repatriation of invalid and incapacitated prisoners. German memorandum summarising procedures for the transfer of prisoners to Switzerland. Request for formal acceptance by the German Government of the terms of the revised schedule. Lieutenant F N Grimwade, including: Protest by the British Government about Lieutenant Grimwades detention in Germany, following his selection for transfer to Switzerland. Lieutenant Harvey Frost and Private Grant: statements regarding Lieutenant Grimwades court martial at Hannover. German memorandum stating that Lieutenant Grimwade would be transferred to Switzerland if found eligible by the Exchange Commission. Confirmation that he had been transferred to Switzerland. Report of an interview with Lieutenant Grimwade on his experiences while interned in Germany. British memorandum protesting about Lieutenant Grimwades treatment, with the reply from the German authorities. Code 1218 Files 11692-14717.

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The National Archives >> Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office >> Records of various First World War Departments >> Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and Aliens Department: General Correspondence from 1906

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