Series
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: King's Medal for Courage (KMC Series) Records
Catalogue reference: T 421
What's it about?
T 421
This series comprises citations by governmental and non-governmental sponsors relating to the award of the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom (KMC).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 421
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: King's Medal for Courage (KMC Series) Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1945-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises citations by governmental and non-governmental sponsors relating to the award of the King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom (KMC).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged in alphabetical order of recipients, by country. The papers relating to the KMC were kept together, unjacketed on open racking. They were inserted in country files during preparation for transfer to The National Archives.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Citations by governmental and non-governmental sponsors relating to the award of the King's Medal for Service (KMS) are held in: T 339
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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)
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KMC
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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23 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2011 Cabinet Office
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred to the Civil Service Department in 1968, the Manpower and Personnel Office in 1981, and the Cabinet Office in 1982.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All of the awards records have been selected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Sovereign instituted The King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom by Royal Warrant dated 23 August 1945. Its purpose was to recognise foreign civilians or military personnel of allied countries who had performed acts of courage, such as assisting British escapees in enemy occupied territory, in furtherance of the interests of the British Commonwealth in the allied cause during the Second World War. Around 3,200 awards of the King's Medal for Courage were made.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11669500/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: King's Medal for Courage (KMC Series) Records