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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.
Series
Humber Warehousing and Transport Company Limited
Catalogue reference: RAIL 319
What's it about?
RAIL 319
This series consists of minutes, memorada, receipts, photographs and certificates of the Humber Warehousing and Transport Company Limited.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 319
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Title (The name of the record)
- Humber Warehousing and Transport Company Limited
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes, memorada, receipts, photographs and certificates of the Humber Warehousing and Transport Company Limited.
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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)
- HWT
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Humber Warehousing and Transport Company, 1910-1935
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 photographs and volumes
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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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- Topics
- Transport management
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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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Incorporated 21st June 1910. Company was wound up voluntarily under Resolution passed at Extraordinary Meeting of shareholders held on 1st July 1935. Liquidator's account was submitted at statutory general meeting of company held on 3rd March 1936.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12507/
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Humber Warehousing and Transport Company Limited
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