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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: Directorate of Labour: Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 253
What's it about?
WO 253
The series consists mainly of reports to the directorate concerning the activities of the Pioneer Corps in various parts of the world.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 253
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Directorate of Labour: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists mainly of reports to the directorate concerning the activities of the Pioneer Corps in various parts of the world.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, Department of the Quartermaster General, Directorate of Labour, 1940-1950
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 file(s)
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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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The Directorate, part of the Quartermaster General's Department, was formed in November 1940. It was responsible for matters of policy and priority in the allocation of military labour, in particular the Pioneer Corps, to both military and civilian works.
The title was changed to the Directorate of Pioneers and Labour in 1950 and in 1964 to the Directorate of Army Pioneers and Labour.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14458/
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