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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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Policy on wrecks of historical or archaeological interest: concern over damage to...
Catalogue reference: BT 243/784
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This record is about the Policy on wrecks of historical or archaeological interest: concern over damage to... dating from 1965 Jan 01 - 1968 Dec 31 in the series Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids.... 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)
- BT 243/784
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965 Jan 01 - 1968 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Policy on wrecks of historical or archaeological interest: concern over damage to wrecks by increase in popularity of diving; includes papers of Committee for Nautical Archaeology
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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)
- MNA 58/21/001
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11446270/
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BT 243
Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids...
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
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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