INTRODUCTION
This page contains additional information on The National Archives File MT 9/1130.
This is a small piece that is divided into separate folders each covering a discreet set of correspondence. Each folder has a unique (with the year) reference start 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
| Old Reference | File date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M501 1918 | 8/1/1918 | Admiralty – Forwarding copy letter from Central Prisoners of War Committee enquiry as to status of Captain WARD.Previous Paper 239.
History sheet – British Interned in Switzerland KELLY JOHN Camp Interlaken Hotel Belvedue Date of Arrival in Switzerland 22/10/1918 Next of Kin: Cousin : Mr Patrick Joyce, North Shields. Handwritten note: CPWC Camp Changes between 15th-21st Sept 1918 SS “Cordova” William MILLER Fireman Deceased List of SS “CORDOVA” crew x 17 names Handwritten note SS “Cordova” discrepancies from General Register and Record Office of shipping and Seamen. x 8 names Draft Note re Capt. C H WARD, G PRIOR, John DAVISON E L FOSTER Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines J MILLER Age 44 Born London Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines James CLEARY Age 39 Rochdale Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines John KELLY Age 49 Sligo Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Jas BURLINSON Age 50 Sunderland Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Jas W LEVITT Age 28 West Hartlepool Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines G ANDERSON Age 24 Finland Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines J V SCOTT Age 16 South Shields Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Wm BAILLIE Age 53 South Shields Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Edward KARNUP Age 21 Russia Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines J TIHTERS Age 30 Riga Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Harold BESSENSEN Age 21 Cape Town Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Charley ANDERSON Age 29 Finland Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines A HABBERSHAW Age 29 Hull Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines Lewis THORNTON Age 19 Bradford Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines James McBAY Age 35 ? Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines L E FORSTER Age 24 Durham Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines John DAVISON Age 36 Sunderland Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines G H PRIOR Age 60 Portsmouth Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines C H WARD Age 42 Sunderland Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines O GARDLUND Age 42 Sweden Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines John Leonard JACOBSSON Age 31 Sweden Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines T D HARRISON Age 43 Houghton Le Spring Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 Merchant Seamen made Prisoners by German Submarines J M HENDERSON Age 60 Aberdeen Made Prisoner: 12/12/1917 26/2/1915 Letter re location of HENDERSON, HARRISON, JACOBSSON, and GARLUND. Handwritten note: Central Prisoners of War Committee – Camp Changes between 1st June and 7th June 1918. SS “Cordova” HARRISON T D First Engineer Transferred from Sennelager? To Brandenburg. Extract: List No P.M. 429 of 7/6/1918 Official German List forwarded through Geneva Red Cross 16/5/1918. SCHWEICNITZ. John Murray HENDERSON. Extract: C.P.W.C. Camp Changes between 7/9/1918 and 14/9/1918 Thos D HARRISON SS “Cordova” Brandenburg to Schweinitz. |
| M239 1918 | 3/1/1918 | Admiralty – SS “Cordova” Reporting vessel sunk by enemy and master taken prisoner.List No P.M. 318 of 24/1/1918 Complied and Identified from Official German List forwarded through Geneva Red Cross 15/1/1918. List of 13 names of SS “Cordova” held at Brandenburg. |