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Shooting with intent to murder Police Constable 119571 Henry P Kay by three factory...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 3/3011
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This record is about the Shooting with intent to murder Police Constable 119571 Henry P Kay by three factory... dating from 1948-1949 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MEPO 3/3011
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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Shooting with intent to murder Police Constable 119571 Henry P Kay by three factory breakers at Acton, W4 on 29 May 1948 (victim and another officer awarded King's Police Medal)
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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)
- 201/48/117
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Manufacturing
- Medals
- Policing
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1258460/
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MEPO 3
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special...
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