Four pages that list of prisoner of war from Marlag und Milag Nord Camp including their date of birth last ship they served, next of Kin and their address and their POW number. The individuals listed in this document are all from the Rotterdamsche Lloyd passenger/cargo ship KOTA NOPAN (1931), captured by the German raider KOMET near the Galapagos Islands on 17 August 1941.

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Administrative / biographical background
In 1941 the Essential Work Order created a Merchant Navy Reserve Pool. To ensure that the seamen were avaliable to man vessels, the Government paid them to remain in the Reserve Pool when they were onshore.