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Accessions administration: KV 2
Catalogue reference: PRO 57/15934
Date: 2000 Jan 1 - 2003 Dec 31
Accessions administration: KV 2
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Frank RYAN, alias Frank RICHARDS: Irish. RYAN, a communist, was an adjutant in the...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/1291
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This record is about the Frank RYAN, alias Frank RICHARDS: Irish. RYAN, a communist, was an adjutant in the... dating from 1938 Jan 01 - 1944 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- KV 2/1291
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938 Jan 01 - 1944 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Frank RYAN, alias Frank RICHARDS: Irish. RYAN, a communist, was an adjutant in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil war. Captured by Franco's forces he was released as a result of German intervention and taken to Berlin. There he was taken on by the Abwehr and became involved with operations providing German support for the IRA. One such was a submarine-borne mission to Ireland which was aborted at sea on the death of a colleague-in-arms, Sean Russell. RYAN himself died in Berlin in 1945
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PF 45668 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2003
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11151777/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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