MT 9/1166

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This page contains additional information on The National Archives File MT 9/1166.

Very large piece divided in separate folders each covering a discreet set of correspondence. Each folder has a unique (with the year) reference starting with the letter ‘M’.

The folders are presented in the order that they to be found in the piece.

Whilst primarily the information recorded here is the summary as written on the folder, in some cases details of particular documents of interest within the folders have been recorded.

FOLDERS

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Old Reference File date Description
M3572 1918 02/03/1918 Transmitting copy of a letter from HM Minister at The Hague relating to the Payment of wages to Officers of the Mercantile Marine who as POW in Germany where those wages have been earned prior to capture.Letter 8/3/1918 with reference to letter 38773/1918/P/1218 Signed C HIPWOOD of POW Department
M33440 1917 10/7/1917 Re boats “City of Munich”, “City of Hamburg”, “City of Cadiz”, Increased allowance
M33357 1917 9/7/1917 J Currie & Co Leith, asking up to what sum Board will undertake repayments respecting prisoners of war and whether Board require them to discriminate as to allowances.
M32892 1917 3/7/1917 Notice of question from Mr PETO M.P. asking what decision has been arrived at respecting allowances to dependents of officers and seamen taken prisoner from British ships interned in enemy ports at outbreak of war. Previous paper 996-32577.
M32911 1917 2/7/1917 National Union of Ships Stewards. For particulars of increases of allowances under Dependents scheme to dependents of Officers or seamen.
M18140 1917 23/4/1917 National Union of Ships Stewards Cooks &c. For particulars of new allowances for seamen interned and asking to be put on list to be supplied with communication of this kind in future.
M19621 1917 4/5/1917 Mr PETO M.P. Notice of question re increase of allowances to dependents of men interned in Germany.Letter from Mr PETO to Mr ROBERTS 3rd May 1917Letter from The Imperial Merchant Service Guild 2/5/1917 Re regard to request of Mr G.H. ROBERTS M.P. to furnish particulars of cases of hardship re dependents of interned Captains and Officers.

Some Cases of inadequate provision made for dependents of Interned Merchant Captains and Officers. [Includes rank, shipping company, dependents e.g. wife and two children, income e.g. £1 per week].
ATKINSON S.H.
ALDRIDGE C.W.
BROWN H.S.
BEAL T.R.
BRYNE Peter
BOWER W.L
CAREY V.A.
CAVANAGH Jas.
CUNNINGHAM T.
DAVIES R.E.
DUNCAN M. MCK.
DUNNETT G.S.
DANIELS E.B.
EVANS R.
ESTILL W.
ENNIS JAS.
FORTON J.W.
GUMBRELL R.L.
GRIFFITH T.P.
HAMMON E.W.
HOOD E.J.
HUMPHREYS R.
HILLARD G.W.
HUGHES A.
HUNTER A.
HUNTER W.C.C
JENKINS W.
JAMIESON J.D.
JOHNSTON A.H.
KELLY JAS.
KIRWAN G.
KNIGHT A.C.
LITTON H.
LEASK G.
LEATHEM THOS.
MATTSON C.
MASON F.S.
MOLLOY W.
MARLOW P.
MCCOLL G.
NEWTON E.
OWEN D.
ROBERTS W.H.
REES E.D.
ROBERTS G.G.
SMITH W.J.
SEMPLE JAS.
SAUNDERS J.H.
SAKKIT F.
TYNDALL G.
TULLOCH W.
TASKER A.J.
WILLIAMSON J.
WILSON J.E.
WILLIAMS SILVESTER
WATSON R.H.
WOOLBER F.
WHITEHEAD A.P.

Letter 2/5/1917 Parole – Question in House of Commons.

Statement of Captain David THOMSON of Tocamia, Dorward Road, Montrose Boat SS “Strathyre” at Emdem in Germany

Extract from Letter by Captain Evan JONES of Caefron, Victoria Road, Carnarvon to IMSG and extract from reply from IMSG

Long extract from Letter to IMSG by Captain John MASON of Meadowside House, Kibarchan, Refrewshire. Boat SS “Strathroy” and captured by German cruiser “Karlsruhe”

Statement to IMSG by Mr D.T. BURD of St Abbs. Pittenwen, Fife Boat SS “Bellevue” captured by German Auxiliary Crusier “Kronprinz Wilhelm”.

M19582 1917 3/5/1917 Imperial Merchant Service Guild (IMSG) allowances to dependents
M18702 1917 26/4/1917 Imperial Merchant Service Guild (IMSG) allowances to dependents
M15860 1917 3/4/1917 Hull Trades and Labour War Emergency Committee – Asks for particulars of suggested scheme re allowances
M10682 1917 8/3/1917 Dolphin Liverpool – Allowances to interned seamen, ask whether press announcement by Merchant Marine Service Association is correct
M9938 1917 28/2/1917 Commander C BELLAIRS RN MP AllowancesHardship cases listed [Details of hardship cases [this transcript of this is incomplete]] Gwilym Gabriel ROBERTS
Thomas R BEAL
J.W. FORTON
FREDERICK WOOLNER
EARNEST NORMAN NORRIS
CHARLES WILLIAM ALREDGE
EARNEST BENJAMIN DANIELS
W JENKINS
EVAN D REES
THOMAS H PATTISON
WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTS
THOMAS PERCIVAL GRIFFITHS
EDWARD GIBSON RIBBLE
WILLIAM ROBERT JONES
GEORGE RICH
WILLIAM STEVENS
A GARNHAM
SYDNEY ATKINSON
WILLIAM N JONES
FRED SNOWDEN
DAVID OWEN
CHARLES MACKENZIE PAW
SIDNEY P. DODGSHAN
ARTHUR HERBERT BEAN
WILLIAM IBBISTER
WILLIAM JAMES
DAVID AITCHISON
W. J. ORMROD
WILLIAM STUART
JAMES GALLAGHER
M8565 1917 28/2/1917 The Shipping Federation re allowances
M7661 1917 16/12/1917 Allowances to dependents
M7335 1917 15/2/1917 Marine Engineers Association Ltd re New allowance to dependents
M7325 1917 14/2/1917 Letter from Mr PHILLIPPS related to enquiry by Mr HAVELOCK WILSON as to alleged promise by Mr ASQUITH
M6870 1917 14/2/1917 Mr PETO M.P. Notice of question to President as to whether increased allowance to dependents of officers and seamen taken prisoner from British merchant ships will apply to dependents of Captains and Officers interned in Germany ever since commencement of war and if not what increase is proposed.
M6592 1917 8/2/1917 Merchant Marine Service Assoc – Allowances to dependents
M2870 1917 15/1/1917 Commander C BELLAIRS M.P. Re asking to increase grant to mercantile marine officers prisoners of war in Germany by agreement with ship-owners
M41332 1917 8/12/1917 From Admiralty re making arrangements with Netherlands Government for payment of allowances to Officers of Merchant Marine in Germany.
M40708 1917 26/11/1917 Copy of communications for despatch to Netherlands Minister Berlin relating to payment of allowances to Officers of Merchant Marine in Germany.
M40703 1917 24/11/1917 Imperial Merchant Service Guild re relating to enquiry made by interned Officers in Germany respecting subsistence
M40238 1917 17/11/1917 Copy note from Netherlands Minister Berlin respecting acceptance of proposal re treatment of merchant Marine Officers in Germany as officers at rates at [?]
M38895 1917 22/10/1917 Copy of telegram to and from Sir W TOWNLEY (The Hague) re payment to officers of Mercantile Marine interned in Germany.
M38434 12/10/1917 Copy of despatch received from HM Minister at The Hague relating to the Payment of allowances
M36114 1917 29/08/1917 Forward copy correspondence and telegram re date of payments to Mercantile Marine Officers interned in Germany
M35968 1917 25/8/1917 Copy telegram to H.M. Minister The Hague re allowances to Officers of the Merchant service interned in Germany
M39703 1917 2/11/1917 Coralie Horlock” Enquiry relating to decision in House of Lords case as to liability for wages and its connection with Board Trade White Paper CR8706.
M35086 1917 10/8/1917 Relating to remittances on account of Mercantile Marine Officers who prisoners of war.Letter (24/10/1917) from Royal Spanish Embassy at Vienna to Spanish Legation at Berne and their letter of 15th inst and enclosing copy of Foreign Office 189666/1250/P re whereabouts of four officers of Merchant Marine which has been sent to the Austrian-Hungarian Foreign Office.Cover note: From Secretary Prisoner of War Department to the Board of Trade.

Memorandum for communication to the Royal Spanish Ambassador at London with reference to memo 189666/1250/P

26/7/1917 From Secretary Prisoner of War Department to the Board of Trade.

?842/1250/P Memorandum for communication to the (1) Netherlands Minister (British section) at Berlin (2) Spanish Ambassador at Vienna. Asks whereabouts of ELDER J.A. [Listed as died 7/3/1917 “Baron Wemyss” on www.cwgc.org]
NAPIER W.J. [Listed as died 7/3/1917 “Baron Wemyss” on www.cwgc.org]
LEWIS R.E.
HOUGH T.M. [Listed as died 06/4/1917 “Powhatan” on www.cwgc.org]
HARCUS THOS.
WEATHERALL GEO. LAWRENCE
SMITH ALFRED [Listed as died 29/5/1917 “Clan Murray” on www.cwgc.org]
WOODROW A.A.
EATON J.M.
NORRIS ERNEST EDWIN [Listed as died 27/5/1917 “Ancona” on www.cwgc.org]
from ships “Baron Weymss”, “Calliope”, “Powhatan”, “Petunia”, “Tungshan”, Elmmoor”, “Clan Murray”, “Rosebank”, “Islandmore”, “Ancona”

M34483 1917 27/7/1917 Chamber of Shipping of United Kingdom – Relating to question of securing the services of a German lawyer to defend seamen likely to be placed in a position analogius to that of the late Captain FRYATT.
M34285 1917 26/07/1917 Prisoner of War Department – Copy of memo for Netherlands Minister in Berlin and Spanish Ambassador at Vienna relative to enquiries for officers of the Mercantile Marin reported to be prisoners.
M33293 1917 9/7/1917 Asking from what date allowance will be made to captured captains and if cables should be submitted to Admiralty
M19844 1917 8/5/1917 Prisoner of war department – Further correspondence re proposed private communications through Sweden relative to interned British Merchant Officers.
M996 1917 14/1/1917 Forwarding copy of Memorial received from Masters, Officers Engineers interned at Ruhleben drawing attention to the inadequacy of the allowances to dependents.
M4088 1916 3/1/1917 Shankland Russell & Co re For information as to dependents scheme in view of decision in House of Lords.
M7786 1916 18/3/1916 Currie and Co – Rutland detained in Hamburg re allowances
M6648 1916 27/1/1916 The Liverpool and Hamburg Steam Ship Co Re Rutland and Mrs Jackson BENNETT wife of Chief Officer
M3106 1916 6/3/1916 The Liverpool and Hamburg Steam Ship Co Re Rutland and Mrs Jackson BENNETT wife of Chief Officer
M7873 1916 18/3/1916 Foreign Office – Copy [?] from the Ellerman lines respecting [?] crews internedNote on cover says “we have already heard of this (M6665)” adds “at the end of the war or on release of the prisoners the grant of some token or special expression of thanks to Ellerman Line might be considered”.
M2886 1916 26/1/1916 HORLOCK v BEAL – Forwarding copy transcript of shorthand writers notes of judgement delivered in House of Lords in the case. (See Horlock v Beal Case )From Solicitors Department to Marine Department 26/1/1916 “I attach a copy transcript of the shorthand writer’s notes of the judgement from the Court of Appeal in the action of Beal v Horlock which first came before Mr Justice ROWLETT”.House of Lords 21/1/1916 HORLOCK and BEAL judgement.
M33066 1916 30/11/1916 Mr PETO M.P. Notice of Question to President as to what steps have been taken to increase the maximum allowances of £1 per week to dependents of interned merchant seamen.
M29812 1916 3/11/1916 Dublin – Dependents scheme – Name of Captain KELLY “City of Berlin” has disappeared from list of Prisoners of War.Folder cover notes that his name was removed in error instead of T KELLY who was released on 6th July 1915.
M29284 1916 31/10/1916 Imperial Merchant Service Guild – Now that captains of merchant ships are being taken captives by Germans and interned, suggests that Board of Trade compensation scheme be increased. Also as to bestowal of honours for distinguished services.Cover note refers to Admiralty note re SS “City of [Hag???]” and SS “Crosshill” re service rendered
M27040 1916 12/101/1916 Mr PETO M.P. – Notice of question to President as to distress amongst [?] and facilities of merchant captains and officers
M26546 1916 7/10/1916 Mercantile Marine Service Association – Forwarding copy
M26141 1916 4/10/1916 Mercantile Marine Service Association – “Strathallan” Asking on behalf of Mrs [?] wife D T Scorer whether Board has any arrangement for payment of allowance
M24935 1916 21/9/1916 Foreign Office – Copy notes to US Charge d’ Affaires and to the Spanish Ambassador respecting relief of seamen prisoners from SS “Pendennis”
M24196 1916 13/9/1916 Admiralty – Report that Capt Scorer of “Strathallan” and Captain DASH of “Swift Wings” taken prisoner by German submarine
M18126 1916 1/1916 PETO M.P. – Allowances
M17325 1916 26/6/1916 PETO M.P. – Notice of Question as to weekly amount expended out the Government War Risks ? Scheme in allowances to dependents.
M15140 2/6/1916 Mr HIPWOOD – Correspondence with Mr MICKLEJOHN Treasury re continuance of payments to dependants of seamen released from Germany on account of illness.
M14842 1916 29/5/1916 Mr PETO M.P. Notice of question as to increasing payments under dependents scheme in proportion to cost of living.
M14599 1916 25/5/1916 Robert MacAndrew & Co – Asking if they can forward a donation
M14151 1916 22/5/1916 Mr PETO M.P. Notice of question re maximum allowance under Government scheme to dependents
M6312 1916 1/3/1916 The National Sailors and Firemen Union of Great Britain and Ireland – Is Government doing something to provide for dependents in view of House of Lords decision.
M5467 1916 19/2/1916 Hogg – Further letter from owners
M4781 1916 4/2/1916 Commander BELLAIRS M.P. Forwarding letter re effect of decision in Beal v Horlock
M4558 1916 11/2/1916 Mrs Griffin re “Oswestry” Fording letter with report of Horlock v Beal case
M4204 1916 25/1/1916 Commander BELLAIRS M.P. Allowances to Dependants, pointing out probability (as a result of Beal v Horlock) of owners discontinuing allowances.
M4089 1916 5/2/1916 Treasury re “Scarsdale” interned and wages of crew. Forwarding letter from The Dale Steamship Co Ltd enquiring whether arrangements have been made for paying allowances to dependents out of public funds.
M2804 1916 25/1/1916 Foreign Office re Relief from public funds to families of seamen interned in Germany.
M2802 1916 25/1/1916 Dock Street – Forwarding letter on behalf of owners of “Longhirst” – J Fenwick & Son asking whether decision in House of Lords in Horlock v Beal case will affect dependents scheme
M2537 1916 22/1/1916 T Scott Merchant Marine Services association – Observations re House of Lords judgement.
M1778 1916 17/1/1916 Mr PETO M.P. re Notice of Question into increases of Government weekly allowances to dependents in this country.
M192 1916 29/12/1915 J Fenwick & Son – “Longhirst” and A Robertson payment of wages
M191 1916 29/12/1915 Houlder Bros & Co Ltd – “Victorian Transport” Stating actions taken re wages
M28942 1915 26/10/1915 Palgrave Murphy & Co re “City of Belfast” C KEAN (interned) Arranging for maintenance of mother to receive 15/ per week allowance.
M28440 1915 21/10/1915 Palgrave Murphy & Co re “City of Belfast” Crew interned at Hamburg as to making allowance to Mrs R.A. KEAN mother of Mr C KEAN.
M28800 1915 22/9/1915 R BECTON Ruhleben re R BECTON in “Saxon” interned in Germany. Asks for payment of his wages to his wife.
M32533 1915 19/8/1915 Scottish Office – Forwarding letter from Secretary of Scottish Advisory Committee Prince of Wales Fund respecting refund.
M5816 1915 17/2/1915 Mrs M A HARGRAVE – For advice as to stoppage of her dependents allowance and copy letter to F W Horlock & Co attached.
M5339 1915 22/2/1915 Hons Secretary Hull Trades & Labour War emergency Committee re reasons as to discontinuation of payments to dependents.
M4518 1915 3/2/1917 National Sailors Firemens Union – “Coralie Horlock” allowance to dependents of crew.
M3154 1915 1/2/1915 Gordon SS Co Ltd – as to whether any provision is likely top be made for supplying men interned in Concentration Camp in Germany with money.
M3552 1915 6/2/1915 Foreign Office – Payment of wages to dependents and British seamen interned in Germany. Copy dispatch from American Ambassador at Berlin asking for lists.
M3356 1915 30/1/1915 Foreign Office – “Coralie Horlock” detained in Germany wages of crew. Copy dispatch from American Ambassador at Berlin as to relief of above.
M3673 1915 26/5/1915 S Shields Supt. – “Coralie Horlock” Mrs M A COULTHARD desires advice as to obtaining her allowances.
M3916 1915 11/2/1915 Foreign Office – Payment of wages to dependents of seamen detained in Germany. Copy note from American Ambassador in London transmitting letter from Berlin with list of British Ships detained and asking to be informed of names of Masters.
M4362 1915 9/2/1915 South shields Supt. – “Coralie Horlock” Payments to dependents of crew. Forwarding letter from Mrs WOOD in the matter.
M1848 1915 19/1/1915 Foreign Office – Payment of wages to dependents of seamen detained in Germany. Copy note to US Ambassador in London forward explanatory minutes?
M2860 1915 28/1/1915 Foreign Office – Copy of dispatch from American Ambassador in Berlin relating to crews of vessels owned by Messrs J Currie & Co detained at Ruhleben.
M30634 1915 10/11/1915 Imperial Merchant Services Guild – Allotment Notes. Forwarding statement of cases of arrears and asking for inquiry.
M7146 1915 12/5/1915 Foreign Office – wages of seamen interned at Ruhleben. Copy note from US Ambassador Berlin inquiring as to date on which wages ceased
M5195 1915 22/2/1915 Foreign office – Copy note from US Ambassador Berlin re allotment by crews of British merchant vessels detained in Germany.
M1560 1915 15/1/1915 Foreign Office – Copy note to US Ambassador re distribution of money and necessities to Prisoners of War in Germany.Handwritten note: “This is the list of Merchant seamen and Fisherman in ? in Germany Austria and Turkey. The US Ambassador …..”Printed List: List of Merchant seamen and Fisherman detained as Prisoners of War in Germany. [Undated but circa 1915]
M1560 Note from foreign Office to Board of Trade (FO reference 3686/15) date 15/1/1915Description of Enclosure – Treatment of prisoners of War in Germany
M24153 1915 4/9/1915 War Office – “Wigtoft” Pte CULLINGFORD wishes to authority for payment of Denis GALE’s wages to Mr L GALE has returned to UK as an exchanged Prisoner of War
M23737 1915 31/8/1918 War Emergency Workers National Committee – dependents of Trawl fishermen – payment of allowances to unmarried wives. Extract from letter from a Grimsby correspondent.
M34582 1915 21/12/1915 Foreign Office – No separate list of British ? released from Germany received but list will be prepared and sent to Board of Trade. Will notify Board of further releases.
M1456 1915 14/1/1915 Foreign Office – Copy letter fro US Ambassador in Berlin as to forwarding money and clothes to these men. Enclosing list.
M1456 1915 14/1/1915 Foreign Office reference 4570/15 to Board of Trade. Description of Enclosure: Money for interned seamen in Germany.Letter 4/1/1915 From US Ambassador Berlin. Refers to printed card dated Leith 18/12/1914 from James Currie & Co to D TULLOCH inn which the Currie Company declares its intention to make weekly allowances to crews detained in Germany. Encloses list by Mr E Willian TRINKE English Captain of the Camp of the men belong to the steamers “Brandenburg” “Elba”, “Colburg”, “Inverawe” and “Oldenburg”. He is informed that there are also men belonging to “Corsion” and “Vienna”. Signed: James W GERARDWM STEVENS
L SLATER
GEO GIBSON
J DOLE
GEO JOHNSON
L CHEYNE
CHAS GALLAGHER
A PATTERSON
D MATHIESON
H WILLIAMSON
JNO ANDERSON
JNO SWANEY
JNO WATSON
A WILLIAMSON
A TULLOCH
J D BROWN
D W TULLOCH
A CHEYNE
A MONCRIEF
ED HEARN
ROBT LINDAY
ERIC HANSEN
WM ISBISTER
ROBT DOUGLAS
JAS BROWN
SINCLAIR BEGG

“INVERAWE”
PETER SINCLAIR
ALEX WILSON
L COUTTS
WM SLATER
ROBT TULLOCH
ALFRED SMITH
JNO KELLY
JOSEH PETRIE

“OLDENBURG”
WM RODGERS
S MCBEAN
JNO PETERSON
A JOHNSON
ROBT WATSON
CHAS HOSWICK
JNO WHITE
J FLANNIGAN
DAN WILLIAMSON

M27586 1915 12/12/1915 MR PETO M.P. Notice of question as to increasing weekly allowance
M1418 1915 13/1/1915 General Steam Navigation Co – Allowances to dependents of crews interned in Hamburg. J LAING of “Auk” has allotted £1 a week to his landlady who claims that it should be retrospective.Copy of letter re allowance to landlady (Mrs TUCKER) of John LAING of SS “Auk”Letter dated 10/1/1915 Copy of letter in reply re allowance to landlady (Mrs TUCKER) of John LAING of SS “Auk”

Transcript of post from John LAING Barrack 9 Ruhleben to Mrs TUCKER

Letter 18/1/1915 Allowances to dependents of “Iris” “Virgo”, and “Auk”. Asks about John LAING of SS “Auk” who wishes to share his allowance with his landlady.

M12086 1915 4/5/1915 Foreign Office – Copy of note to US Ambassador
M11516 1915 28/4/1915 The Imperial Merchant Service Guild – “Coralie Horlock” Drawing attention to stoppage of payments to Mrs WOOLNER, Mrs BEAL, Mrs FORTON and asking Board to assist.
M22883 1915 23/4/1915 Admiralty – Returning authority for payment of wages of Dennis GALE “Wigtoft”. Previous paper 417-22533.
M22533 1915 19/8/1915 Scottish Offfice – Seamen of Currie steamers in Germany
M16797 1915 22/6/1915 Foreign Office – Copy despatch from US Embassy at Berlin with 28 “Authority for Payment of wages” forms received from seamen internedLIST INCLUDES DATE, NAME ADDRESS AND RELATIONSHIP OF DEPENDENT, PROPORTION OF WAGES, WITNESS]WILLIAM HENRY WILCOCK “Julian”
BEN DENNISS “Julian”
HENRY BLAKEY “Julian”
JOHN BONTOFT “Skirbeck”
HARRY BONTOFT “Skirbeck”
LOUIS BRAIME “Skirbeck”
WILLIAM CONNELLY “Pollux”
JOE JACKLIN “Pollux”
J EMSLEY Pollux”
FRED YARNOLD “Wigtoft”
JOSEPH BROWN “Wigtoft”
GEORGE ANDERSON “Wigtoft”
GEORGE REVELL “Mersey”
WILLIAM N GRIFFITH “Valiant”
COLIN RODGERS “Chameleon”
SAMUEL COLES “Chameleon”
LAWRENCE GREEN “Walrus”
ATKIN BAILEY “Walrus”
CHARLES WALKERLEY “Julian”
GEORGE CROTTY “Capricornus”
WALTER BRUNNING “Wigtoft”
THOMAS LINSELL “Wigtoft”
GEORGE WARNER “Skirbeck”
SAMUEL ORME “Seti”
JAMES KAVANAGH “Seti”
W S HARRIS “Harrier”
JOHN DUNN “Mersey”
WILLIAM REID “Rhine”
WILLIAM KENNER “Rhine”
CHARLES MARSHALL “Rhone”
JOSEPH HENRY PRATTEN “Walrus”
SAMUEL? JAMES BAKER “Skirbeck”
WILLIAM C FERRAND “Valiant”
THOMAS ROBERTS “Valiant”
CHARLES FUNNELL “Mersey”
HARRY GILDING “Mersey”
J STANFORTH “Mersey”
WILLIAM CHAPMAN “Rhine”
JAMES HENRY JACKSON “Pegasus”
ALBERT BLYTHE “Pegasus”
F PEARCE “Marnay”
J GALE “Marnay”
FRED PARKER “Marnay”
HERBERT STANLEY CLARKE “Rideo”
WILLIAM COLE “Flavian” 30/5/1915 Mrs J COLE Little Bromley Nr Manningtree Essex
JAMES WILLIAM AUBREY EASTICK “Flavian”
JOSEPH BONTOFT “Flavian”
FREDERICK JAMES JONES “Flavian”
JOHN DAVIS (cancelled)”Scarsdale”
WILLIAM NIELSON ”Scarsdale”
J JOHANSEN ”Scarsdale”
M13379 1915 18/5/1915 Foreign Office – copy note from US Ambassador re allotment of wages of British seamen
M11291 1915 26/4/1915 F ROLLER – “Coralie Horlock” Observations of stoppage of payments
M11291 Letter 20/4/1915 from Hull Trades and Labour War Emergency Committee.”In October last I communicated with you in reference to the above matter and stated that the dependents of the crew of the “Coralie Horlock” were not receiving the allowance from the owners Messrs F W Horlock is conformity with the agreement that had been arrived at between the Government and the War Risks Assocns. As a result of your representations on the matter, the allowance was afterwards paid, together with the arrears that had accumulated since August 4th 1914, the date of the vessels internment. About 8 weeks ago, the allowance was again stopped, but was paid after correspondence had passed between ourselves and the firm concerned although no justification was adduced of their action in the matter of the stoppage. We now learn that the Allowance … has been again stopped …”
M6817 9/3/1915 Foreign Office – copy note to US Ambassador
M6384 1915 4/3/1915 Remittance of funds to crews of British vessel detained. Forwarding Captain of “Frankdale” sums of money fortnightly.
M15681 1915 10/6/1915 Foreign Office – Copy judgement
M15681 10/6/1915 Cutting from The Times 5th June 1915 Kings Bench Division BEAL v HORLOCK
M10461 1915 17/4/1915 Foreign Office – Copy of letter from US Ambassador at BerlinCutting – Special Notice to Mariners
M30903 1915 15/11/1915 British Shipmaster and Officers Protection Society – Rates of pay
M13635 1915 21/5/1915 Case of BEAL v HORLOCKCoralie Horlock
M21470 1915 9/8/1915 Foreign Office – Beal v Horlock – As to communication of decision of court of appeal to US Ambassador for information of seamen
M20891 1915 4/8/1915 Times “Coralie Horlock BEAL v HORLOCK– “I have spoken to Mr POTTER with reference to his minute of July 31st on M.20040 and he agrees that it would be well for the decision in this case to be further considered….”Copy of Judgement in Court of Appeal BEAL v HORLOCK

Press cutting “Wages of interned seamen. BEAL V. HORLOCK” From The Times Received 3rd August 1915

M16581 1915 22/6/1915 BEAL v HORLOCK Proceedings Judgement In High Court of Justice Kings Bench Division – BEAL v HORLOCK Proceedings Judgement 4th June 1915 BEAL v HORLOCK 19th May 1915
M16181 1915 16/6/1915 BEAL v HORLOCK Interview of Chairman and secretary of Guild with Board
M3591 1915 5/2/1915 IMSG re “Coralie Horlock”
M15668 1915 11/6/1915 BEAL v HORLOCK Appeal against judgement by defendant. Board to grant Chairman and Secretary of Guild private interview.
M11458 1915 27/4/1915 S Shields Supt. – Letter from F W HORLOCK stating that he is unable to make further allowance to dependents owning to stoppage of payments by the War Risks Association
M2591 1915 3/2/1915 Coralie Horlock” – Copy of letter from F W HORLOCK to Mrs F WOOLNER wife of Captain F WOOLNER respecting allowances
M417 1915 4/1/1915 Foreign Office – Funds to be paid to dependents of seamen interned at Hamburg. Copy note from US Ambassador respecting procedure.[List of interned ships (3 pages). Marked with * for insured ships and tonnage.] e.g. Auk 1,055 British Vessels detained in German Ports on the Outbreak of War (Total 79) [2 pages Includes Ship name, Port at which detained.] e.g. S.S. Auk Hamburg
S.S. Banana Hamburg

British Vessels detained in German Ports on the Outbreak of War [List by port with a list of vessels for each] [4 Pages]

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