Germany (German Prisoners), including: Death of Pastor Adolf Kriele, prisoner in South West Africa. Internment and repatriation of Bishop Munsch of the Mission of the Holy Ghost in German East Africa. Correspondence from the German Aid Society at ...
In: 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
2 plans of the city of Tsingtao (Qingdao). (2) Shows contours. Compass indicator. MS additions, coloured, including a reference table (in English) to major buildings. (3) Illustrates Japanese activities in the city. Reference table (in Chinese cha...
In: The National Archives >> Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Foreign Office >> Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series of records of the Foreign Office >> 3 items extracted from FO 371/3184. Maps of areas of China. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
China, E Coast: Yellow Sea (Huang Hai): Lianyun Gang to Qingdao Gang: Zhaitang Dao, vicinity; one item on one sheet: 'Lang Yi Tau Island showing over point', by GB (Captain G Byers, SS Kashing).
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Hydrographer of the Navy, and Royal Greenwich Observatory >> Admiralty: Hydrographic Department: Coastal and Riverine Views
Germany: Prisoners, including: Proposal by the Vatican that prisoners who had been held for more than 18 months and who were fathers of four children should be interned in Switzerland, and thus returned to their native countries. Opening of sealed...
In: 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
Miscellaneous (General): Prisoners, including: Bebdon, a pan-Islamic agitator proceeding from Constantinople to Morocco via Gibraltar and Algeciras: if found in Gibraltar he should be arrested. Treatment of prisoners in internment camps, including...
In: 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
Folios 223 - 230: Letter from Sir John Jordan to Sir Walter Langley concerning: Tsingtau Customs and relations with the Japanese; incident regarding the election of a Russian over a Japanese candidate to the Shanghai Municipal Council. Encloses co...
In: The National Archives >> Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office >> Records of Private Office and Private Papers >> Foreign Office, Private Offices: Various Ministers' and Officials' Papers >> Langley, Sir Walter >> GFar East miscellaneous correspondence.
Singapore: enquiries regarding the Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) steamship 'Zieten' and landing of German soldiers from China in German East Africa; passenger lists for the SS 'Prinzess Alice' and SS 'Kleist'.
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors >> Records of the Administrative Divisions >> Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives >> SINGAPORE
Folio 494: Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Singapore 8th September 1914. If German armoured cruisers not accounted for by end of month you must escort Australian contingent with HMS Minotaur and HMS Hampshire meeting it near Cocos. ...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Folio 217: Telegram from Naval Board Melbourne to Admiralty 13th August 1914. [HMAS] Australia,[HMAS] Melbourne, [HMAS] Sydney could proceed to Nauru to destroy wireless telegraph station. Suggest China fleet attack Yap. Reply from Admiralty 13th ...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Folio 1: China general operations telegrams, 21 July-25 September 1914. Folios 2-5: Explanatory and Historical Section reference notes. This volume contains undocketed telegrams and papers relating to operations in the China Station from 21 July-2...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Tsingtau, 30 July-20 November 1914. Includes 26 photographs depicting: Anglo-Japanese Naval Operations against Tsing-Tau (Chingtao) and Lo Shan Bay, China. Dated 1914.
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Page 557: telegram from Commander in Chief China, Singapore to Admiralty 16th September 1914-German ship Tannenfels captured by [HMS] Chelmer in Basilian Strait 14-9-14. Page 558: telegram from Naval Board, Melbourne to Admiralty 16th September 19...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Page 362: telegram from Commonwealth Naval Board, Melbourne to Admiralty 25th August 1914 Expeditionary Force 500 at Port Moresby, 1500 at Palm Island. Desirable to move as early as practicable. Page 363: draft handwritten note from Governor Gene...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Pages 601-602: Undated note by unnamed admiral commenting on the naval aspects of the telegram on pp 596-597. Page 603: History section précis covering correspondence 24-27 September 1914 concerning activities of Konigsberg and Emden and availabil...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Cape Telegrams, Part 1, 27 July-1 October 1914. (Described at item level).
Folios 396-398: Draft of the Proposed Instructions to the G.O.C. Expedition B which have been prepared by General Sir E Barrow, Military Secretary, India Office in consultation with the Colonial Office. For the consideration of the offensive sub-c...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> East Africa, including loss of HMS Pegasus, 25 July - 1 October 1914. (Described at item level).
`Tsingtau', cutting from `E.N.a.D. Exp[ress]', 24 August 1914. Caption: `Official German plan of Tsingtau, the fortified naval base at the entrance to Kiaochau Bay. [About 1 mile to an inch] Japan will devote all her efforts to its captu...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies >> Records of the Chief Clerk's and General Departments >> Colonial Office: Maps and Plans: Series II >> HONG KONG AND CHINA
Folio 578: Telegram from Singapore to Admiralty 16th September 1914.HMS Hampshire left Singapore 5am to operate against [German cruiser] Emden. HMS Yarmouth leaves tomorrow for same purpose. [French cruiser] Dupleix now at Penang with engine defec...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Folio 55: Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean,Malta and Commander-in-Chief China, Amoy and Hong Kong 2nd August 1914 communicate with French S.N.O.[Senior Naval Officer] for combined action should war break out. Situation v...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Folio 154: Telegrams from Commodore, Hong Kong to Admiralty 10th August 1914 fast mercantile cruiser Empress of Asia sailed 9th August. One officer, twenty men Royal Garrison Artillery and 25 men 40th Pathans on board to make up crew. In view of s...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Page 455: draft telegram signed C.O.S. [Chief of War Staff, Admiralty Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee] to Naval Board, Melbourne 7th September 1914 copy German code and key and forward to Admiralty by earliest opportunity. Photographing pages is...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Page 266a: History Section Precis, (paper M 15552/14). b: letter from Messrs. Cayser Irving
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Page 54: telegram from Commonwealth Naval Board to Admiralty 3rd August 1914 - W/T intercepts indicate Scharnhorst, [German cruiser] and Gneisenau [German cruiser] near New Guinea. Rear Admiral Commanding Australia proposes meeting [HMAS] Sydney a...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Page 662: telegram from Singapore to Admiralty 25th September 1914 - [HMS] Minotaur and [Japanese cruiser] Ibuki will arrive at Fremantle 29-9-4, Melbourne or Hobart 8-10-14, Wellington 14-10-14. [ Japanese cruiser] Nisshin arrives Singapore 30-9-...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Tsingtau Expeditionary Forces: Report of the Senior Medical officer, British Troops.
In: The National Archives >> Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies >> General records of the War Office and predecessors and successor >> War Office: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers, First World War >> DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES >> CHINA
Folios 274-277: telegram from Governor General of South Africa to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 27 October 1914 – concerning the armed rebellions in the Orange Free State and Transvaal led by General Christian De wet and General Beyers....
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Cape Station including German South West Africa and St Helena General Operation Telegrams, part 2, 2 October to 9 December 1914. (Most but not all of the telegrams are described at item level, order document as ADM 137/13).
Folio 616: Telegram from Commander-in-Chief, Singapore to Admiralty 19th September 1914.United States steamer Rio Passig seized 15th September [1914] in 6.25N. 122.28E and taken to Sandaku. Left Manila 5th [September] with 4,000 tons of coal; went...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Folio 352: Telegram from Elliston, Shanghai to Central News, New Bridge Street, London 21st August 1914.Chinese robbers prevented British steamer Changon discharging cargo. Tungchow brought Shanghai women and children and all Japanese who have lef...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Folio 536: handwritten memo unsigned relating to the performance of the Commander-in-Chief, China and to his suggestion to establish headquarters in Hong Kong. Also comments on the performance of the French Admiral;and on inter-dominion jealousy. ...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> China general operations telegrams, part 1, 25 July-25 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Page 402: telegram from R.A.C. Australia to Admiralty 1st September 1914 HMAS Melbourne will be detailed to destroy Nauru. Page 403: telegram from Ministry of Defence New Zealand to War Office 31st August 1914 expeditionary force ready to embark...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
Page 102: telegram from Admiralty to Commonwealth Naval Board of Admiralty Melbourne 7th August 1914 - re threatened concentration New Guinea request Rear Admiral Commanding Australia to communicate with China for concerted action against German c...
In: The National Archives >> Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies >> Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty >> Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War >> Australasia Telegrams, part 1, 27 July-29 September 1914. (Described at item level).
