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Prisoners of War

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Diary of Kenneth Albert Watson

 Fonds
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
 Fonds

Diary of Thomas Taylor Russell

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 408
Content Description

Manuscript diary written by Thomas Taylor Russell, Deputy Public Prosecutor in Perak, Malaya, captured in Singapore in early 1942 and interned as a civilian at Changi and Sime Road; a privately printed transcription reproducing Russell's diary; a typescript copy of the Double Tenth investigation and other publications from 1945 relating to Changi.

Dates: 1942-1945, and [2020]
 Fonds

Monte San Martino Trust Archive

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10473
Scope and Contents

The archive consists of unpublished personal accounts of prisoners of war held in Italy at the time of the Italian Armistice in 1943. The accounts variously detail the individuals' war service, capture and captivity, escape from captivity, and attempts to evade recapture with the assistance of members of the Italian civilian population.

Dates: 1930s-2010s
 File

Naval reminiscences and records, 1918 - 1955

 File
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

 Series
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

 File
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

 Series
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.