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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.