Freedom of Information: Records released as a result of Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests
February 2006
This table lists the individual records opened in February 2006 as a
result of FOI requests.
Subject
Catalogue
reference
HO 207/1022
Date of
record
19391941
Description
Assizes
ASSI 13/868
1967
Conspiracy: Moreland,
Ronald Thomas and others
Atomic Energy
AB 91/15
Oil reservoir simulation
studies
Atomic Energy
AB 65/1066
1977 Jan
01 - 1980
Dec 31
19741976
Australia
HO 241/179
19741976
Foreign and Commonwealth
Office: Australia
Australia
BS 2/753
Australia
Board of Stamps
IR 59/814
19751976
19251980
Board of Stamps
IR 59/991
Arthur Mitchell Ransome CBE
Boards of Stamps
IR 40/12408
1967 Jan
01 - 1969
Dec 31
1957-
Air Raid
Precautions
REGION No 5 (LONDON):
Finsbury: Emergency
committee chairman's
irregular action in connection
with deep shelters
Nuclear co-operation
between UKAEA and the
Atomic Energy Organisation
of Iran
LUSIGNAN, H H Annie
Elizabeth, Princess de
Special legislation for profit
1958
tax concession to benefit
overseas trading corporations
effected by the 1957 Finance
Bill
Boards of Stamps
IR 40/9875
19451952
Sir Laurence Olivier (actor):
various unsuccessful appeals
by Inland Revenue regarding
assessment of tax on
professional earnings
Boards of Stamps
IR 40/11612
19541955
Stanley Wooton, racehorse
trainer: consideration of
assessment of betting gains
for income tax
Broadcasting
HO 245/2113
19741977
BBC Radio (HO245/949-955).
Committee Paper No.
FB/1011. Association File
F/2. Tape No. 76
Cabinet Office
CAB 21/6080
Machinery of Government in
War
Cancer Studies
RG 26/379
1959 Apr
03 - 1960
Nov 02
19481970
Central Criminal
Court
J 267/545
1974 Jan
01 - 1977
Dec 31
McKie, James: charged with
murder; indictment and case
papers
Children's
Department
MH 102/939
1932
Stanhope Industrial School,
Ashford, Kent: two boys
refused enlistment in Royal
West Kent Regiment
Colonial Office
CO 1031/1815
19541956
Diplomatic exchanges with
Guatemala arsing out of the
British Honduras-Guatemala
Treaty dispute
Crime
HO
1920
144/1549/186213
CRIMINAL CASES:
THWAITES, Livingstone
Convicted at Leeds on 22
November 1909 for murder
and sentenced to death
(commuted)
Crime
HO 144/19936
CRIMINAL CASES:
1935
Total numbers and rates of
neoplasms: leukaemia
BRIGSTOCK, Leonard Albert
Convicted at Maidstone on 19
February 1935 for murder
and sentenced to death
Crime
HO 144/10599
19281929
CRIMINAL CASES:
STEWART, Frederick
Convicted at Central Criminal
Court (CCC) on 18 April 1928
for murder and sentenced to
death
Crime
HO 144/21624
19381942
CRIMINAL: Frederick Joseph
De Verteuil: obtaining money
by false pretences.
Crime
HO 144/11366
1929
CRIMINAL CASES:
RAVENEY, Arthur Leslie
Convicted at York on 4 July
1929 for murder and
sentenced to death
Department of the
Environment
AT 39/7
19621984
Bribery and corruption:
Poulson affair;
correspondence and
newspaper articles
Drugs
HO 144/22323
19231924
DANGEROUS DRUGS AND
POISONS: Opium traffic in
Hong Kong: interception of
correspondence and
cablegrams
Ecclesiastical
HO 144/6935
1926
Falklands Briefings
INF 6/2158
1982
Archbishop of Wales: social
precedence
Details of this piece are
shown at items level
Foreign and
Commonwealth
Office
FCO 24/64/1
19671968
Previously closed extract:
Folio 66. Now opened and
reunited with parent piece
Foreign and
Commonwealth
Office
FCO 24/64/1
19671968
Previously closed extract:
Folio 66. Now opened and
reunited with parent piece
Foreign Office
FO 1004/722
19771980
Marconi Co. Ltd. See also FO
1004/549
Home Office
HO 144/22544
19271946
POLICE: Appointment of
Hamilton Maurice Howgrave
Graham to be Secretary in
Commissioners Office
Home Office
HO 411/31
1976 Jan
01 - 1976
Dec 31
Data Protection Committee:
appointment of Sir Norman
Lindop as new Chairman
after the death of Kenneth
Younger; final list of members
Home Office
HO 144/19843
1933 Nov
01 - 1934
Feb 06
DISTURBANCES: National
Hunger Marches to London:
Communist influence
Home Office
HO 144/6898
1926
DISTURBANCES:
Convictions arising out of the
General Strike in
Birmingham.
Home Office
HO
1921
144/1652/204904
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT:
James Hayes: corporal
punishment for striking a
prison officer
Home Office
HO 144/14564
19301931
PARDONS: Arthur Richard
Blake sentenced to two
months imprisonment for
larceny: free pardon granted
to remove the disqualification
from holding a publican's
licence; memorandum of
Home Office practice
Iran (Persia)
BW 49/28
1979 Jan
01 - 1979
Dec 31
Internal emergencies: Iranian
Revolution; FCO telegrams
on situation in Iran
Lord Chancellor's
Office
LCO 19/1059
Families Need Fathers
Lord Chancellor's
Office
LCO 19/899
Lord Chancellor's
Office
LCO 19/899
Media
HO 241/238
1976
Dec.-1979
Oct
1976
Oct.-1979
Oct.
1976
Oct.-1979
Oct.
19741976
Consumer Association
Consumer Association
BBC Radio
Medical Research
Council
FD 9/2516
19711976
University of London, St
Mary's Hospital Medical
School, Department of
Biochemistry; study of the
metabolism of LSD
(Professor R T Williams):
notes and correspondence;
details of proposed research
program and tables of
expenditure
Meteorological
Office
BJ 5/322
1977 Jan
01 - 1979
Dec 31
Meteorological Office weather
forecasts and the BBC:
metrication; the Celcius
verses Fahrenheit debate
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2216
1942
Murder of Patricia Ann Cupit
(age 6 1/2) by James Wyeth
at Riddlesworth, Norfolk on 5
May, 1942
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2671
19461953
Police Commission counterfeiting of currency:
information concerning
international forged money
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2396
1944
United States Security
Service request for
information about counterfeit
money in circulation
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2284
19441945
Murder of Captain Ralph
Douglas Binney R.N. when
attempting to stop 'smash and
grab' raiders at Birchin Lane,
City of London: Metropolitan
Police assistance in arrests.
A medal known as the
Captain Ralph D. Binney
Memorial Medal founded in
memory of Captain R.D.
Binney, C.B.E., R.N., who
met his death in a valiant
endeavour to stop thieves
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2849
19471948
Murder of Alec de Antiquis in
an armed hold-up at Charlotte
Street, W1, 1947 Apr 29
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2952
19481949
Liaison between Ministry of
Food Enforcement Officers
and Police
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/1505
19301957
The 'B' and 'D' types of forged
10/- Bank of England notes:
circular issued following
conference with Home Office
on the Currency Convention
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/628
19151940
The Ivy Restaurant, 1-7 West
Street, and 29-30 Lichfield
Street, WC2: Abel Giandolini
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/1956
19421945
Black market offences:
central record of convicted
persons
Metropolitan Police HO 144/6596
19251926
POLICE: Inquiry into
allegations against
Metropolitan Police in
connection with the arrest of
Major Sheppard
Metropolitan Police MEPO 2/9538
19531967
Murder of John Beckley by
Michael John Davies at
Clapham Common
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2866
19471948
Attempted murder of John
Charles Preen by John
Wimborne and Gerald
Flamberg at Warlock Road,
W9, 1947 Dec 22: politically
motivated
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/1956
19421945
Black market offences:
central record of convicted
persons
Ministry of Health
MH 160/66
19671979
Blood products; shortage of
supplies: correspondence,
meeting notes and papers
Ministry of Health
MH 160/964
1974 Jan
01-1977
Dec 31
Departmental Committee on
the Future of the National
Blood Transfusion Service:
draft report and minutes of
meetings held 30 April 1974;
note of an office meeting 20
October 1976; proposals for
setting up an enquiry on the
likely future requirements of
blood and blood products;
note of meetings held 27
October and 3 November
1976
Ministry of Health
MH 160/958
1972 Jan
01-1978
Dec 31
Review of services: proposals
for the Lister Institute of
Preventive Medicine, London
to take over management
responsibility for the Blood
Products Laboratory, Elstree,
Hertfordshire and the Blood
Group Reference Laboratory,
London; minutes ofmeetings
and correspondence between
the Department, the Lister
Institute and the Medical
Research Council
National Coal
Board
COAL 32/47
1986
Colliery Guardian: 40 Years
of Nationalised Coal
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/5955
1926
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/35426
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/13348
1952 Jan
01 - 1953
Dec 31
1931
Ofenbach, Jeruch (or Jacob
Offenbach), from Poland.
Resident in London.
Certificate 13805 issued 14
September 1926.
MEDAWAR, A Date of birth
27/12/1898
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/18427
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/5529
1946 Jan
01 - 1978
Dec 31
1926
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/2328
1923
Gentilli, Adolfo Ernesto
(known as Adolph Ernest
Gentilli), from Italy. Resident
in London. Certificate AZ330
issued 29 September 1931.
GLASER, J Date of birth
05.10.1912
Berge, Charles Ferdinand. No
Nationality. Resident in
London. Certificate 14100
issued 30 November 1926.
Lowenhoff, Anthony, from
Russia. Resident in London.
Certificate 10,177 issued 20
June 1923.
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/26447
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/2443
1939 Jan
01 - 1954
Dec 31
1923
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/8199
1927
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/9624
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/10986
1929
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/4695
1925
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/17031
1932
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/5026
1925
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/3287
1924
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/5529
1926
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/16969
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/2604
1939 Jan
01 - 1947
Dec 31
1923
KHLEBNIKOFF, G A Date of
birth: 17/01/1892
Brilliant, Robin, from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 9,884 issued 9
March 1923.
D'Ambrosio, Loreto, from
Italy. Resident in Swansea.
Certificate 14693 issued 6
May 1927.
Baraldi, Gilberte Sophie, from
Italy. Resident in London.
Certificate 15928 issued 13
April 1928.
Baraldi, Ernesto, from Italy.
Resident in London.
Certificate 17201 issued 10
May 1929.
Flashtig, Harris (or H.
Fletcher), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 12346 issued 21
August 1925.
Fink, Harry Jay, from United
States of America. Resident
in Birchington. Certificate
BZ142 issued 29 August
1932. Fink, Harry Jay, child of
Harry Jay Fink, certificate
BZ142.
Flashtig, Joseph, from
Russia. Resident in London.
Certificate 12350 issued 24
April 1925.
Osterweil, Isaac (known as
Isaac Luft), from Poland.
Resident in Liverpool.
Certificate 11,551 issued 23
October 1924.
Berge, Charles Ferdinand. No
Nationality. Resident in
London. Certificate 14100
issued 30 November 1926.
GOITEN, K Date of birth
25.09.1902
Fenton, Thomas Gerald, from
Chile. Resident in Torquay.
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/2681
1916 Jan
01 - 1948
Dec 31
1924
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/3967
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/38697
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/27603
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/14773
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/17121
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/28122
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/33470
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/34558
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/9605
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/10952
1939 Jan
01 - 1939
Dec 31
1947 Jan
01 - 1970
Dec 31
1951 Jan
01 - 1971
Dec 31
1946 Jan
01 - 1950
Dec 31
1938 Jan
01-1939
Dec 31
1929
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/9900
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/12439
1930
1937 Jan
01 - 1969
Dec 31
1948 Jan
01 - 1950
Dec 31
1931
Certificate 9,931 issued 21
March 1923.
BRYNIN, R Date of Birth:
11.12.1889
Finfer, Hersch (known as
Harry Finfer), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 11,496 issued 6
October 1924.
NOTARIANNI, O E Date of
birth: 26/12/1890
KOBRAK, F W Date of birth:
03/06/1879
Mannucci, Ugo, from Italy.
Resident in London.
Certificate A19737 issued 01
May 1931.
GORSKY, S Date of birth
09.06.1881
KALISKI, H Date of birth:
31/08/1902
LOEWENTHAL, R Date of
birth: 23/09/1888
LANGLEBEN, M Date of
birth: 20/06/1901
DIAMAND, A Date of Birth:
08.02.1896
Rubinson, Barnett (or Barnett
Nathan), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 16900 issued 4
February 1929.
Leibovici, Haim Leib (or Harry
Leibovitch), from Roumania.
Resident in London.
Certificate 16509 issued 11
October 1928.
Rubinson, Isaac (or Isaac
Nathan), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 18303 issued 22
May 1930.
Rubinson, Myer (or Myer
Nathan), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 18222 issued 23
April 1930.
GROSSBARD, C E Date of
birth 05.01.1898
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/12440
1930
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/19236
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/6052
1949 Jan
01 - 1950
Dec 31
1926
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/6581
1926
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/34305
1949 Jan
01 - 1965
Dec 31
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/10395
1929
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/16126
1932
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/2443
1923
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/18694
1951 Jan
01 - 1975
Dec 31
Prime Minister's
Office
PREM 11/1595
1956
Pension arrangements for Sir
John Glubb
Prison
PCOM 9/298
1931
NEWMAN, Oliver: convicted
at Central Criminal Court
(CCC) on 25 June 1931
Leibovitch, Hyman, from
Roumania. Resident in
London. Certificate 12929
issued 26 January 1926.
Leibovitch, Aaron (or Harry
Leibovitch), from Roumania.
Resident in London.
Certificate 13533 issued 10
July 1926.
LEIBOVICI, J L aka
LEIBOWICH; LEIBOVICI, R
aka LEIBOWICH Dates of
birth: 15/03/1881; 13/04/1901
Rosenbaum, Szlama (or
Solomon) (or Stanley
Rosenbaum), from Poland.
Resident in Westcliff-on-Sea.
Certificate 17000 issued 11
March 1929.
Arkusz, Beres (known as
Bernard Arkush) from Russia.
Resident in Glasgow.
Certificate AZ1274 issued 28
April 1932.
Brilliant, Robin, from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 9,884 issued 9
March 1923.
GOROZANIN, L H;
GOROZANIN, P aka
GORSEN Dates of birth
15.01.1918; 11.03.1904
Prison
PCOM 9/1116
1946
PRESCOTT Charles Edward:
convicted at Cumberland 17
January of murder and
sentenced to death
Prison
PCOM 9/301
19311932
RICE, George Alfred:
convicted at Manchester on
15 December 1931
Prison
PCOM 9/309
1932
COWLE, Charles James
(aged 19): convicted at
Manchester on 26 April
Prison
PCOM 9/374
1939
DAYMOND, John: convicted
at Carlisle on 17 January
Prison
PCOM 9/370
1938
PARKER, William: convicted
at Newcastle on 17 June
1938
Prison
PCOM 9/363
1937
BRUNT, Horace William:
convicted at Derby on 2 July
1937
Prison
PCOM 9/302
1931
STEIN, Solomon: convicted
at Manchester on 18
November 1931
Prison
PCOM 8/397
19261933
BURTOFT, William at
Manchester on 14 Nov 1933
Prison
PCOM 9/707
19411946
COFFEY Martin Patrick:
convicted at Manchester 12
March 1946 of murder and
sentenced to death
Prison
PCOM 9/295
19311935
BAINBRIDGE, John
Stephenson: convicted at
Durham on 8 March 1935
Prison
PCOM 9/291
19301931
LAND, Francis: convicted at
Manchester on 16 February
1931
Prison
PCOM 9/823
19381947
WYATT Arthur: convicted at
Manchester 24 March 1938 of
murder and sentenced to
death (commuted)
Prison
PCOM 9/905
1941
ANDERSON Edward Walker:
convicted at Durham 2 July of
murder and sentenced to
death
Prison
PCOM 9/342
1935
HAGUE, George: convicted
at Durham on 29 June 1935
Prison
PCOM 9/694
19351946
BERRY Harold: convicted at
Chester 14 February 1946 of
murder and sentenced to
death
Prison
PCOM 9/313
19321937
COLLINS, Kate: convicted at
Leeds on 23 November 1932
(commuted)
Prison
PCOM 9/796
19351936;
1946
Prison
PCOM 9/1116
1946
RUXTON Buck: convicted at
Manchester 13 March 1936 of
murder and sentenced to
death
PRESCOTT Charles Edward:
convicted at Cumberland 17
January of murder and
sentenced to death
Public
Prosecutions
DPP 2/2430/1
1955
ELLIS, Ruth (28): Murder of
David BLAKELY
Railway
RAIL 411/486
c.1889 1943
Black book (contains cautions
and commendations to
enginemen)
Railways
AN 111/821
1971 May
01 - 1976
Aug 31
Correspondence with John
Weber (of Lancing and later,
Goring, Sussex) concerning
plans for integrated transport
for tourism
Railways
AN 200/4
Board and business
objectives: privatisation
Railways
AN 18/1013
1978 Jun
01 - 1979
Dec 31
1992 Nov
01 - 1992
Dec 31
Privatisation: McKinsey
report, 'Building a commercial
organisation for Railtrack:
recommendations to the
Board'
Railways
AN 18/1017
1992 Nov
01 - 1993
Apr 30
1935
Royal
HO 144/19933
Royal
HO 144/20632
19271937
Royal
HO 144/2774
1923
ROYAL - TITLE ROYAL AND
ROYAL ARMS: Title Royal:
British Empire Union Ltd.
Social Security
JB 3/317
Private Finance Initiative
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/662/3
1996 Jan
01-1997
Dec 31
19391946
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/662/4
19391946
Hugh Jocelyn HARDWICK born 03.01.1901
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/662/5
19391946
Richard Knox HARWICK born 04.11.1880
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/662/6
19391946
Elizabeth Audrey HARDY,
née ALCOCK - born
03.09.1898
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/662/7
19391946
J F HARDY - born
26.07.1921
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/662/8
19391946
W M HARDY - date of birth
not known, died 14.02.1942
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/963/4
19391946
George Hughes McKENNA born 17.01.1920, died
30.11.1943
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/963/6
19391946
William Albert Embrey
McKENNA - born 06.05.1911
Privatisation: rolling stock
leasing companies
TITLE ROYAL AND ROYAL
ARMS: Title Royal: Richmond
Royal Golf Club; refused
ROYAL - TITLE ROYAL AND
ROYAL ARMS: Title Royal:
Effigy of King George V and
later of King George VI on
medals issued by the British
Empire Union: refused
The Earl of HARDWICKE born 09.04.1906
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/963/8
19391946
Captain A D MacKENZIE date of birth not known, died
06.10.1944
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/337/1
19391946
Norman COLLINS - born
1904
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/337/7
19391946
Alan Rees COLMAN - born
03.01.1901
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/337/9
19391946
Ian Goodhope COLVIN - born
23.11.1912
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1623/1
19391946
Edith Joyce MACERWRIGHT, née CRAIG - born
04.02.1913
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/457/2
19391946
John Henley DUMBRELL born 11.02.1896
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/457/6
19391946
Yvonne DUMONT, aka
Yvonne or Yvette FONTAINE,
aka Yvonne or Yvette
FAUGE, aka MIMI, aka
Yvonne Fernande CHOLET,
aka NENETTE, aka FLORIST
- born 08.08.1913
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/2
19391946
George Haigh PHILLIPS born 14.11.1890
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/3
19391946
William Ronald PHILLIPS born 13.06.1917, died
29.01.1944
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/8
19391946
René Lucien LEVY-PICARD born 05.02.1900
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/9
19391946
Michel André PICHARD; aka
OYSTER, aka BEL; aka
GAUSS - born 27.06.1918
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/2
19391946
George Haigh PHILLIPS born 14.11.1890
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/3
19391946
William Ronald PHILLIPS born 13.06.1917, died
29.01.1944
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/8
19391946
René Lucien LEVY-PICARD born 05.02.1900
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1184/9
19391946
Michel André PICHARD; aka
OYSTER, aka BEL; aka
GAUSS - born 27.06.1918
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/260/2
19391946
Duncan Lorne CAMPBELL born 07.10.1913
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/260/3
19391946
Herbert Alan CAMPBELL born 14.02.1903
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/260/7
19391946
Nancy FRASER-CAMPBELL,
later Nancy ROBERTS - born
04.10.1916
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1569/9
19391946
Jacques WEIL, aka Jacques
ROBIN - date of birth not
known
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1274/4
19391946
Countess Yvonne de Mirmont
de la ROCHEFOUCAULD date of birth not known
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/1118/4
19391946
A W OLDAY - date of birth
not known
Special Operations
Executive
HS 9/574/3
19391946
Alfredo Mechoulam
GERASSI - born 29.01.1902
War Office
WO 216/767
1952 Apr
Visit to Jordan: letter from
Gen. Sir Robertson
War Office
WO 261/639
1946
Oct.-1947
Sept
Headquarters Palestine