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Paymaster General's Office: Widows of Naval Officers Pensions
Catalogue reference: PMG 19
What's it about?
PMG 19
Pensions to widows of naval commissioned and warrant officers.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PMG 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Paymaster General's Office: Widows of Naval Officers Pensions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836-1929
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pensions to widows of naval commissioned and warrant officers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 96 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11675/
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