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Roger Henri Marie LANNOY: Belgian. Information having been received that LANNOY was...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/2116
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This record is about the Roger Henri Marie LANNOY: Belgian. Information having been received that LANNOY was... dating from 1941 Jan 01 - 1942 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/2116
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941 Jan 01 - 1942 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Roger Henri Marie LANNOY: Belgian. Information having been received that LANNOY was a German agent with a mission in West Africa, he was taken off a ship between Lisbon and the Congo in 1941, sent to the UK and interrogated. He was interned until May 1945 when he was deported to Belgium
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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 106342 VOL 1
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2006
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11270917/
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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