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Ministry of Labour and National Service and Ministry of Labour: Military Recruitment:...

Catalogue reference: LAB 6

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LAB 6

Files of the Military Recruitment Department relating to a variety of topics including deferments; conscientious objection; control of medical manpower; the National Service Bill 1947; the administration of and a complete set of forms used under...

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LAB 6

Title
Ministry of Labour and National Service and Ministry of Labour: Military Recruitment: Registered Files
Date

1937-1976

Description

Files of the Military Recruitment Department relating to a variety of topics including deferments; conscientious objection; control of medical manpower; the National Service Bill 1947; the administration of and a complete set of forms used under the National Service Acts 1948 to 1955; papers of H N de Villiers (head of Military Recruitment 1939 to 1944); and papers concerned with British subjects repatriated from Egypt after the Suez crisis of 1956. The series also includes files of the Military Training (Hardship) Committee and the Medical Advisory Committee; the National Service Appellate Tribunal; and records of War Cabinet Manpower Priority Committee and its Sub-Committee on the schedule of reserved occupations. Many later files deal with the deferment of national service for certain categories and with the treatment of conscientious objectors.

Related material

Other records of the War Cabinet Manpower Priority Committee will also be found in CAB 92/79-101.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

742 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Conscientious objection
Labour
Nationality
Middle East
Medicine
Operations, battles and campaigns
Accruals

Series is not accruing.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10121/

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