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Naval Establishment: Warlike Operations Pensions, etc
Catalogue reference: PMG 56
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PMG 56
Allowances to widows, children and other relatives and dependants of specially entered mercantile crew, crew of mercantile ships commissioned as HM ships and Auxiliary Craft, and other civilians killed during naval warlike operations; also...
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- PMG 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Naval Establishment: Warlike Operations Pensions, etc
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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Allowances to widows, children and other relatives and dependants of specially entered mercantile crew, crew of mercantile ships commissioned as HM ships and Auxiliary Craft, and other civilians killed during naval warlike operations; also civilians incapacitated as a result of such operations.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 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)
- 9 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11712/
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