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#31
30-08-19, 13:32
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A new mystery to solve for the sharp brains here!
The famous Malcolm Munthe Writes in his book Sweet is war about a meeting he had with Thomas Murray in Bergen 1940 when they both tried to flee the country. Munthe got help from the American Consulate in Bergen. An employee named Mrs. Harvey who had a scottich accent, was very helpful. She was married to an English businessman, Frank Harvey, who was imprisoned by the Germans at a nearby army camp. Her first name may be Constance Any chance of solving this one? Regards Svein Korsvold 
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#32
30-08-19, 14:09
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What exactly do you want to find out?
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#33
30-08-19, 16:04
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Who they were
 When and where they were born. When they married, and if possible: What happened to them later in the war. Was he released? Or sent to Germany perhaps. Was she Arrested, and if not why? American Passport maybe? Regards Svein
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#34
31-08-19, 06:25
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I think I might have him. He was captured in Bergen, Norway 1940. Found him on German documents from Bergen in April 1940. Can I use this information from British archives to find his full name, date of birth, if and when he was sent home etc? Found him on FO 916/2568. Captured civilians desiring repatriation to Britain in 1940
Regards Svein
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#36
31-08-19, 09:19
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I did find this in TNA's catalogue which may be the same person, but if so, not much help apart from the year of birth, since it says closed till 2021: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C16940578
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#37
31-08-19, 09:26
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Sorry, I should add that I first looked for FO916/2568 on TNA's catalogue and each item that it came up with said "This is available to download from Findmypast". It seems that the FMP database is Prisoners of War 1715-1945 and that database has a few entries for people called Frank Harvey in World War 2, so you would need to view each one to see if he is included.
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#39
31-08-19, 19:35
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Death:
Constance A S Harvey b abt 1889 Apr 1964 Apr-May-Jun New Forest Hampshire 1911 Census For England & Wales 23 Elms Road Clapham S W, Wandsworth Borough, London & Surrey Constance Adelaide Stevenson Drennan Sister (of James Edward Drennan b 1883 Trinidad) Single Female 22 Typist And Stenographer born Trinidad B E S Resident There's a whole lot of siblings on this census. Their mother is widow Jessie Drennan 55 b Ayr Scotland. Their father died between 1901 and 1911. He was James Drennan aged 55 in 1901. Born Wallacetown Ayr Scotland
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31-08-19, 20:52
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There is a notice about their Silver Wedding Anniversary (England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976):
11.11.41 Silver Wedding HARVEY : DRENNAN On Nov. 11 1916, at Grafton Square Congregational Church, Clapham, FRANK CECIL HARVEY, Lt., South Staffs Regt. (present address Ilag VIII, Germany), to CONSTANCE ADELAIDE STEVENSON, daughter of the late JAMES DRENNAN, Esq., JP., and Mrs. Drennan, of Trinidad, B.W.I., and Edinburgh.
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