Focus on
Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Series
War Office: Intelligence Summaries, First World War
Catalogue reference: WO 157
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WO 157
This series consists of summaries of information and reports on military, economic and political matters.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 157
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Intelligence Summaries, First World War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of summaries of information and reports on military, economic and political matters.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related First World War and Army of Occupation war diaries see WO 95
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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)
- 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)
- 1310 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1966-2005 Ministry of Defence
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14364/
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