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Series
War Office: British North West Expeditionary Force, Norway: War Diaries, Second World...
Catalogue reference: WO 168
What's it about?
WO 168
This series contains the daily record of events, reports on operations, intelligence summaries, etc, of formation and unit commanders of the British Expedition sent to Norway in the spring of 1940.
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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WO 168
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: British North West Expeditionary Force, Norway: War Diaries, Second World War
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the daily record of events, reports on operations, intelligence summaries, etc, of formation and unit commanders of the British Expedition sent to Norway in the spring of 1940.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The diaries are arranged in the order of headquarters, formations and units of the main force, followed by Rupert Force, Sickle Force, Maurice Force and Scissors 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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110 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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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/C14375/
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War Office: British North West Expeditionary Force, Norway: War Diaries, Second World War
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