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Series
London and North Eastern Railway Company: Strikes and Civil Disturbances Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 789
What's it about?
RAIL 789
This series contains instructions on emergency arrangements during the General Strike of 1926.The papers were issued to certain senior managers of the LNER and kept under strict security, in the case of this example, by Mr Kenelm Kerr (Assistant...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 789
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and North Eastern Railway Company: Strikes and Civil Disturbances Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains instructions on emergency arrangements during the General Strike of 1926.
The papers were issued to certain senior managers of the LNER and kept under strict security, in the case of this example, by Mr Kenelm Kerr (Assistant General Manager (Staffs) of LNER).
RAIL 789/1 deals solely with the LNER and RAIL 789/2 with other organisations, listing the representatives of all railway companies on the Emergency Organisation (Railways) at each location and names and addresses of police officers in charge of various police stations under the control of the Great Western Railway's police force.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- London and North Eastern Railway Company, 1923-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 file(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/C12977/
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