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Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee...
Catalogue reference: CAB 11
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CAB 11
This series consists of papers, memoranda and instructions drawn up by the first Colonial Defence Committee of 1878-1879, by the second Colonial Defence Committee of 1885 to 1904, by the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID)'s Colonial Defence...
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CAB 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee later Oversea Defence Committee: Defence Schemes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1863-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of papers, memoranda and instructions drawn up by the first Colonial Defence Committee of 1878-1879, by the second Colonial Defence Committee of 1885 to 1904, by the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID)'s Colonial Defence Committee and by the CID's Overseas Defence Committee (ODC), in response to schemes for the defence of the colonies and dominions.
The memoranda and papers relating to each defence scheme include returns of colonial forces, statements of military expenditure on colonial garrisons and papers pertaining to colonial military law, port regulation in time of peace, the return of warlike stores and the armament of stations.
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Arrangement
Chronological and by subject
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Defence Committee, 1878-1879
- Colonial Defence Committee, 1885-1904
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee, 1904-1911
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Oversea Defence Committee, 1911-1939
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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216 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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No future accruals expected
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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These papers were circulated to the relevant Colonial Governors, members of the Colonial Defence Committees, other members of the Committee of Imperial Defence, to ministers, representatives of the Admiralty, War Office and Colonial Office, and to other officials as necessary for information and discussion. The defence schemes themselves were drawn up by colonial governments or their representatives.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818/
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