WO 311 files

WO 311 1939-1953 Judge Advocate General's Office, Military Deputy's Department, and War Office, Directorates of Army Legal Services and Personal Services: War Crimes Files (MD/JAG/FS and other series)

The bulk of this series consists of files of the Judge Advocate General's Military Department, dealing with the investigation and prosecution of war criminals for offences committed in all theatres of the Second World War. There are also some files of the Adjutant General's Directorates of Personal Services (AG 3(V/W)) and Army Legal Services relating to war crimes.

The series also includes policy and procedural files as well as case files. There are some files on the establishment of AG3 Branch, and correspondence between the Judge Advocate General (JAG) and the Directorate of Army Legal Services (DALS).

Reference:	WO 311/884
Description:	Murder of British prisoners of war, Arnhem, Netherlands, September 1944
Date:	1945 May 01 - 1947 Oct 31

Reference:	WO 311/377
Description:	Killing and wounding British POWs on a journey from Arnhem to Zutphen by lorry
Date:	1945 Apr - 1948 Jan

Reference:	WO 311/379
Description:	Hattem, Holland: killing of British POW and five Dutch civilians
Date:	1945 Nov - 1948 July

Reference:	WO 311/418
Description:	Almelo, Holland: killing of British airman and a Dutch civilian
Date:	1945 Oct - 1949 June

Reference:	WO 311/861
Description:	Murder of British officers at Vorden, Holland, October 1944: trial of alleged war criminals
Date:	1946 Mar 01 - 1946 May 31

Reference:	WO 311/1293
Description:	Alleged murder of airborne troops, shot by Germans unable to evacuate them, in the hospital at Arnhem, Netherlands
Date:	1945 Aug 01 - 1945 Oct 31

Reference:	WO 311/1296
Description:	Alleged murder of British airman, Goudriaan, Holland, 22 May 1944
Date:	1945 Nov 01 - 1949 May 31

Reference:	WO 311/1304
Description:	Murder of unknown allied airman at Enschede, Holland, 21 November 1944
Date:	1945 Sep 01 - 1949 Jun 30