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1 item extracted from ADM 1/8426/191. Fragment of shrapnel produced at the Court...
Catalogue reference: EXT 11/130
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from ADM 1/8426/191. Fragment of shrapnel produced at the Court... dating from 1915 in the series Public Record Office: Items extracted to boxed storage from various classes of records.... 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)
- EXT 11/130
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from ADM 1/8426/191. Fragment of shrapnel produced at the Court of Enquiry into the sinking of HMS Lightning.
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249027/
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