(UK) National Archives Opening of Prisoner of War Archives

[Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net]

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The (UK) National Archives announced they are opening their prisoner of war
(WW II) archives. These documents were transferred to the National Archives
in December 2014. There are approximately 190,000 records of persons
captured in German-occupied territory during World War II, primarily Allied
service men (including Canadians, South Africans, Australians, New
Zealanders, British and Allied civilians and some nurses. There are also
cars for American, Norwegian, Chinese, Arab and Cypriot origins.

The new collection (WO 416) also includes several thousand records of
deceased allied airmen whose bodies were found near their downed aircrafts.
While these airmen were never prisoners of war, these records act as records
of death.

The records are cards-some persons have up to 15 cards, but most have only
one or two. It is not catalogued by name of individual for privacy reasons
as some may still be living. The National Archives has started to catalogue
the entire series and they have opened the records for those who were born
more than 100 years ago or if they have proof of death.

To read more see:
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/opening-prisoner-war-collection/

To browse the collection go to:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14541141

For those records that have not yet been digitized you can order the records
in advance for when you visit the Kew ( the National Archives) or you can
request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you. The price will vary
depending on the amount of copying. When you click on the name of the person
you are researching , click on details. There you will get a transcription
of information they have plus the option to order in advance or request a
copy.

Not all service personnel have cards as they were removed from the
collection to be used as evidence to support claims by Prisoners of War
after World War II. These cards, for the most part, were not returned but
may form part of the personnel's service record which may be held by
Veteran's agency See:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
[or https://tinyurl.com/z85w7ba --Mod.]

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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