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Notes on employment of machine guns and training machine gunners
Catalogue reference: WO 33/718
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This record is about the Notes on employment of machine guns and training machine gunners dating from 1915 in the series War Office: Reports, Memoranda and Papers (O and A Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 33/718
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915
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Description (What the record is about)
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Notes on employment of machine guns and training machine gunners
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- A1841
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1203294/
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WO 33
War Office: Reports, Memoranda and Papers (O and A Series)
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