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War Refugees Committee: Minutes, Papers and History Cards
Catalogue reference: MH 8
What's it about?
MH 8
This series contains minutes, history cards and other documents selected for preservation from among the records taken over by the Local Government Board from the voluntary War Refugees Committee.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Refugees Committee: Minutes, Papers and History Cards
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes, history cards and other documents selected for preservation from among the records taken over by the Local Government Board from the voluntary War Refugees Committee.
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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)
- War Refugees Committee, 1914-1918
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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93 box(es)
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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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In September 1914 the Local Government Board assumed responsibility for Belgian refugees, who had previously been assisted by the voluntary War Refugees Committee which administered relief from public funds to Belgian and other refugees. The services of the committee were retained until 1916, when alternative arrangements were made through the British consul general at Rotterdam. The board encouraged the formation of local committees to render aid to Belgians and other refugees from friendly states, but assumed direct charge of a clothing department set up by the War Refugees Committee, of leave arrangements for Belgian soldiers coming to this country, and of repatriation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10851/
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