US National Archives (NARA)
Record Group RG 84 Listing of selected USA Embassy London, England, UK files 1914-1918 related to Prisoners of War (Military and Civilian). Much of the correspondence is routing correspondence from the US Embassy in Berlin to the British Foreign Office in London, as the US represented British Interests after the outbreak of War in 1914.
A few merchant shipping files have been included as these may relate to capture of seamen as POW. Most noteworthy is file 710a which relates to S.S Lusitania
The documents form a small part of the holding for the London Embassy in this period. Other files entitled Welfare, or Financial etc. might relate to Prisoners of War but have been omitted until there is a direct reference in the title. The numbers such 711.4 relate to the subject classification of files. 711 relates to “War, Peace, Friendship Alliance”. The subdivision 711.4 relates to ‘Prisoners of War’ and 711.5 ‘Civil Prisoner. Enemy non-combatants’.
Original Documents are available at US National Archives at Washington.
[Editor’s note – I have only viewed a few of these files so cannot confirm accuracy of Catalogue description]
| Ref | Start | End | Description |
| 0599 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, enemy property, prisoners of war, (military) 711.3,711.4 Austrian, 711.4 Belgium 711.4 British (general) |
| 0600 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners or war (military) 711.4 British a-w |
| 0601 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (military) 711.4 British, e.p. Gaston, l.p. Hofmann |
| 0602 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (military) 711.4 French, 711.4 German, 711.4 Turkish |
| 0603 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (civilian) 711.5 general |
| 0604 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (civilian) 711,5 general, 711.5 Austrian, 711.5 British |
| 0605 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (civilian) 711.5 British a-z |
| 0606 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (civilian) 711.5 French, 711.5 German |
| 0607 | 1914 | 1914 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war (civilian) illegal warfare, hospital ships, military observers, peace! arbitrations territorial cessions, navigations 711.5 Hungarian, 711.5 Russian, 711.5 Turkish, 711.6, 711.7,711.8,712,714,720 |
| 0665 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, enemy property, prisoners of war 711.4 Austrian, 711.4 Belgian, 711.4 British in Bulgaria, 711.4 British in Germany-relief treatment Jan – April |
| 0666 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 treatment (continued) May-Dec |
| 0667 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 clothing, 711.4 correspondence, 711.4 food |
| 0668 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 camps, 711.4 parcels |
| 0669 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 exchange, 711.4 lists Jan.-May |
| 0670 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany & Turkey 711.4 lists (continued) june-dec.,711.4 lists, 711.4 exchange |
| 0671 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Turkey 711.4 parcels, 711.4 pay, ,711.4 treatment, 711.4 British a-b |
| 0672 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 c-g |
| 0673 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4h-o |
| 0674 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 o-t |
| 0675 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 u-z, 711.4 French, 711.4 German, 711.4 German and Austrian camps, correspondence, pay |
| 0676 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, German and Austrian, exchange, lists, treatment, 711.4 German a-z, 711.4 Turkish |
| 0678 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 exchange, list, relief |
| 0680 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 British in Turkey, 711.5 British a-b |
| 0681 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 [British] c-j |
| 0682 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 British k-p |
| 0683 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 British r-z, 711.5 French |
| 0684 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners German 711.5 correspondence, camps, lists, repatriations |
| 0685 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners German 711.5 relief, treatment, seamen, 711.5 German a-z |
| 0686 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, illegal warfare, 711.5 Hungarian, 711.5 Turkish, 711.6 |
| 0709 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, communication, navigation, merchant vessels 875, 877, 879, 880, 880.1, 882, 883, 884, 885 |
| 0710 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, merchant vessels, 885 British a-j |
| 0710a | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, merchant vessels, 885 British S.S Lusitania |
| 0711 | 1915 | 1915 | Correspondence File, merchant vessels, seamen, press, science 885 British (continued), 885 Russian, 886, 888, 891, 892.6, 892.7 |
| 0759 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, neutral rights, enemy property, prisoners of war 7111.2 trading with the enemy (continued) m-z, 711.2, 711.4 Austrian (camps) |
| 0762 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war 711.4 Austrian (continued), 711.4 Belgian, 711.4 British in Austria, 711.4 British in Bulgaria (lists) |
| 0763 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war 711.4 British in Bulgaria, treatment, release, 711.4 British in Germany camps (Jan-May) |
| 0764 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 camps (continued) June-Dec. |
| 0765 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 communication, 711.4 exchange, 711.4 officers |
| 0766 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 lists correspondence file, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 lists |
| 0767 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 relief |
| 0768 | 11916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany 711.4 treatment Jan-May |
| 0769 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Germany, 711.4 treatment (continued) June-Dec. |
| 0770 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Turkey 711.4 lists, 711.4 officers, 711.4 postal, 711.4 facilities |
| 0771 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British in Turkey 711.4 relief |
| 0772 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, 711.4 British in Turkey, release, treatment, 711.4 British a-b |
| 0773 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 c-f |
| 0774 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 g-i |
| 0775 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 m-r |
| 0776 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, British 711.4 s-t |
| 0777 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war 711.4 British u-z, 711.4 Bulgaria, 711.5 French, 711.4 German, {lists, officers, release |
| 0778 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, German 711.4 camps Jan-May |
| 0779 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, German 711.4 camps (continued), 711.4 relief, 711.4 transfer |
| 0780 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war 711.4 German treatment, 711.4 German a-z, 711.4 Italian, 711.4 Polish, 711.4 Serbian, 711.4 Turkish (lists) |
| 0781 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, prisoners of war, 711.4 combatant & civilian 711.4 Turkish, 711.5 Armenian, 711.5 Austrian |
| 0782 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, 711.5 Belgian, 711.5 British in Austria, 711.5 British in Bulgaria, 711.5 British in Germany, 711.5 camps, lists, reparation |
| 0783 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, 711.5 British in Germany 711.5 relief, 711.5 treatment, 711.5 seamen |
| 0784 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, 711.5 British in Germany (seamen), 711.5 British in Turkey (list release) |
| 0785 | 1916 | 1916 | [Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 British in Turkey, treatment, 711.5 British a-f |
| 0786 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, British 711.5 g-l |
| 0787 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, 711,5 British m-z, 711.5 Bulgarian |
| 0788 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, German 711.5 camps |
| 0789 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, German 711.5 treatment |
| 0790 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, German 711.5 camps(continued), 711.5 correspondence |
| 0791 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, German 711.5 release, 711.5 a-l |
| 0792 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners 711.5 German m-z, 711.5 Greece, 711.5 turkey |
| 0793 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, civilian prisoners, illegal warfare 711.5 Turkish, 711.6 |
| 0818 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, communication, navigation, merchant, vessels 874, 875, 877, 879, 880,881.2, 891.3, 892, 892.3, 892.51, 892.55, 892.63 |
| 0819 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, merchant vessels 885 Austrian 885 British |
| 0820 | 1916 | 1916 | Correspondence File, merchant vessels, seamen, press, science, 885 Danish, 885 Norwegian, 886, 89, 891.3, 892, 892.3, 892.51, 892.55, 892.63 |
| 0855 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files. Enemy Property Prisoners of War 711.2 Enemy Property, 711.4 Combative Prisoners, Copenhagen Conferences. Rebel Work |
| 0856 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files Prisoners of War 711.4 Austria in Britain, British in Bulgaria |
| 0857 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British in Germany |
| 0858 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British m Turkey |
| 0859 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British in Germany (continued) British Individual Cases (A-H) |
| 0860 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British individual Casas (J-Z) Bulgaria in Britain, Germany in Britain |
| 0861 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War Civilian Prisoners 711.4 German Individual Cases (A-Z) Turkish in Britain, 711.5 Austrian in Britain, British in Austrian |
| 0862 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Civilian Prisoners 711.5 British in Germany, British in Turkey, British Individual Cases (A-Z) |
| 0863 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Civilian Prisoners 711.5 German in Britain, Turkey in Britain, 711.6 f lies |
| 0855 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Enemy Property, Prisoners of War 711.2 Enemy Property, 711.4 Combative Prisoners, Copenhagen Conferences, Relief Work |
| 0856 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 Austria in Britain, British in Bulgaria |
| 0857 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British in Germany |
| 0858 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British in Turkey |
| 0859 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British in Germany (continued) British Individual Cases (A-H) |
| 0860 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711.4 British Individual Cases (J-Z) Bulgaria in Britain, Germany in Britain |
| 0861 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War, Civilian Prisoners 711.4 German Individual Cases (A-Z), Turkish in Britain, 711.5 Austrian in Britain, British in Austrian |
| 0862 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Civilian Prisoners 711.5 British in Germany, British in Turkey, British Individual Cases (A-Z) |
| 0863 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Civilian Prisoners 711.5 German in Britain, Turkey in Britain, 711.6 Files |
| 0922 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Transportation, Navigation, Merchant Vessels 878, 879, 881, 883,885 |
| 0923 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels 885 American, Belgian |
| 0924 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels 885 British A-K incl. |
| 0925 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels 885 British A-K Incl. Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels 885 British L-Z incl. |
| 0926 | 1917 | 1917 | Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels, Seamen 885, Denmark to Uruguay,886 |
| 0951 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files. Neutral Commerce, Enemy Property, Prisoners of War 711.2 Contraband, 711.4 |
| 0952 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711 4 American |
| 0953 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War 711 4 British |
| 0954 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War, 711.4 British (cont) |
| 0955 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War, Illegal War, Hospital Ships, 711.4 Bulgarian, 711.5, 711.6, 711.7 |
| 1000 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Wireless Telephone, Railways, transportation, Navigation, Merchant Vessels’874, 875, 877, 879, 881, 882, 883, 885 |
| 1001 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels, 885 (cont’d) |
| 1002 | 1918 | 1918 | Correspondence Files, Merchant Vessels, Seamen, Public Press, 885 (cont’d), 886, 891 |
| 1019 | 1919 | 1919 | Correspondence Files, Prisoners of War, Combatant and Civilian Hospital Ships 711.3,711.4,711.7 |