This page contains additional information on National Archives File MT 9/1098.
A large sized piece 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 record.
FOLDERS
| BT Reference | File date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M12312 1917 | 1917 | List of Merchant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade Printed List 31st March 1917″ printed by the Board of Trade
List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade Printed List 31st March 1917″ printed by the Board of Trade with hand written amendments, for example adding “G.CARTER SS Brussels” who was captured in 1916. |
| M30673 1917 | 23/5/1917 | Admiralty – Asking for copies of list of Prisoners of War in Enemy Countries. Previous Paper 12312. |
| M12312 1917 | 20/3/1917 | A Division – British Merchant Seamen Prisoners of War – Revised List.Includes distribution list for “List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade” includes list of various seamen’s associtions, government departments and journals. Mercantile Marine Offices (MMO) List of Officiers stationed at each port – April 1915 |
| M26156 1916 | 5/10/1916 | A Division – British Merchant Seamen Prisoners of War – Revised List. Previous Paper 60-28105.List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade Printed List 21st September 1915″ printed by the Board of Trade with hand written amendments
List of seamen released from Germany (226 names) No date. With handwritten amendments. Duplicate copy of list in MT 9/1039. Death certificate (German) of Joseph Willcock of the ss “Victorian Transport” who whilst interned. Draft “List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade” Marked October 1916. Includes a list of seamen interned at Indian Camp at Havelberg. Marked M23889. Draft “List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade” Marked 12th October 1916. List of the crew of “Aaro”. Printed “List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Board of Trade” Marked 12th October 1916. |