Index Cards for Hong Kong civilian internees and some prisoners of war: TNA CO 1070 now searchable

The National Archives, Kew blog

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Record Series CO 1070 has recently been catalogued by volunteers at The National Archives. The series comprises of nominal cards – or index cards used to record information – created by civilian internees and some prisoners of war who were seized following the invasion. Following the project, the cards are now catalogued by name of individual creating over 4,250 individual records.

Maureen