Prisoners of War
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Diary of Kenneth Albert Watson
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 406
Content Description
Diary written in the Argyle Street Camp, a Japanese internment camp for officers in Kowloon, Hong Kong, during the Second World War, covering the period 1942-1945. Comprises diary pages written in pencil; section 1 covering 1 Jan. 1942 - 31 Mar. 1942; section 2 covering 1 Apr. 1942 - 31 Jul. 1942; section 3 covering 1 Aug. 1942 - 9 July 1943; section 4 covering 25 Nov. 1943 - end of Feb. 1944; section 5 covering Mar. 1944 - Sept. 1945. Together with a typed transcription of the diary,...
Dates:
1942 - 1945
File
Naval reminiscences and records, 1918 - 1955
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HUHT 2
Scope and Contents
Includes: letters of appointment to posts and promotions (1918-55); war data (1946); Hughes-Hallett's naval reminiscences (1955); letter from the Admiralty on Hughes-Hallett's retirement (1955); articles by others; and narratives of British repatriates from Japanese prisoner of war camps (Nov 1945)
Dates:
1918 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Operation Bridford, 1941 - 1945
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BINN 3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning Operation Bridford.
Dates:
1941 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Postcards sent by Higgins as a Prisoner of War, 1941-11-30 - 1942-06-19
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/8/Higgins/1
Scope and Contents
3 manuscript postcards signed from Higgins to Bryan Earle King [matriculated at Pembroke in 1924, latterly a Fellow in Law] sent whilst Higgins was a prisoner of war regarding his career after the war.
Dates:
1941-11-30 - 1942-06-19
Series
World War II, 1922 - 1948
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BLGN 3
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from HMB's time as a prisoner of war.
Dates:
1922 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.