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W/T Board -miscellaneous documents Board formed after the First World War to replace...
Catalogue reference: HW 42/2
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This record is about the W/T Board -miscellaneous documents Board formed after the First World War to replace... dating from 1936 Jan 01-1938 Jul 29 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Sigint Board and Related Committees and Sub-Committees:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1936 Jan 01-1938 Jul 29
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W/T Board -miscellaneous documents
Board formed after the First World War to replace the Joint Naval and Military Wireless Telegraphy Committee. Prior to 1939, the Board issued handbooks giving details of foreign Naval, Military and Air wireless communications
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11034987/
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HW 42
Government Code and Cypher School: Sigint Board and Related Committees and Sub-Committees:...
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