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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Ministry of Transport and successors, Establishment and General Division: Personal...
Catalogue reference: MT 93
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MT 93
This series contains personal files senior officers of the Ministry of Transport and, for the period 1941 to 1946, the Ministry of War Transport. There are also some files concerning persons appointed by the minister to special positions within...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 93
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and successors, Establishment and General Division: Personal Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains personal files senior officers of the Ministry of Transport and, for the period 1941 to 1946, the Ministry of War Transport. There are also some files concerning persons appointed by the minister to special positions within the transport field. In a few cases the files cover earlier periods of an official's career in other departments.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1980 Department of Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11142/
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On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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