This page contains additional information on The National Archives File MT 9/1039.
A large piece which has several folders, each covering a discreet set of correspondence. Each folder has a unique (within 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
| BT Reference | File date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M9032 1916 | 1/4/1916 | Foreign Office – Repatriation of certain British merchant seamen interned in Germany.Agreement with German government does not extend to ship’s officers including engineers. |
| M8001 1916 | 22/3/1916 | A Division – Merchant seamen interned as prisoners of War by enemy. Correspondence re arranagements made through US Authorities for exchange of prisoners. Previous Paper 60-7685.Letter 20th March 1916 re J KAVANAGH of trawler “Seti” age 56.Letter from Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd dated 21st March 1916 re D R G GALE of Steam Trawler “Wigtoft” change of address. H BLACKIE, S SKINNER and W MASSINGHAM are over 55 years old.Reference M5910. |
| M5910 1916 | 25/2/1916 | Foreign Office – Arangements for repatriation of seamen. No objection to owners of vessels and other interested parties being informed. Previous paper 60. |
| M4351 1916 | 8/2/1916 | The Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd – “San Wilfrido” Are wages payable to apprentice named George Butcher? Previous paper 60-2133. Copy of “Ordinary Apprentice’s Indenture” for George Alfred Butcher of Eastbourne Sussex dated 31st March 1914 |
| M5910 1916 | 25/2/1916 | Letter from Board of Trade(Marine Department) dated 15th March 1916 noting that the exchange of prisoners (i) who had not attained their 17th Birthday on 4th December last (ii) All seamen (exluding cpatians and ship’s officers) above 55 years of age, whether this age has been attained before or after 4th December 1915. All a number of sick prisoners had been exchanged.List of seamen released from Germany (226 names) No date. Board of Trade Annoucement seamen taken prisoner by “Moewe” 19th May 1916 32 names. |
| M34156 (No folder cover) | 30/11/1916 | Procedure and remit for formation of Prisoner of War Department under Lord Newton.Printed note re the procedure for the selection of 400 prisoners to be repatriated on medical grounds.Memo on Parole of Seamen. Includes list of 13 ship’s masters given parole.Printed (Post Office?) note – Communication with Prisoners of War interned aboard.Letter 18th April 1918 – Numbers of men captured and interned in tabular form. 3,228 Captured 39 Died in captivity 1 executed 515 released or repatriated 2,673 now in captivity.Printed Central Prisoners of War Committee note – Officers Parcels List of Merchant seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austraia-Hungary and Turkey.(circa 2000 names) 21st September 1915 List of Merchant seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austraia-Hungary and Turkey.(circa 3000 names) 31st March 1917 List of Merchant seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austraia-Hungary and Turkey.(circa 3000 names) 31st July 1917 List of Merchant seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austraia-Hungary and Turkey.(circa 3000 names) 31st December 1917 List of Merchant seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austraia-Hungary and Turkey.(circa 3000 names) 31st May 1918 |