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War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Order of the British...
Catalogue reference: WO 387
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WO 387
This series contains two volumes into which the staff of the Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch (MS3, later MS1b) have pasted extracts from the London Gazette. These form a running record of appointments of Army personnel to the...
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WO 387
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Order of the British Empire Register
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Date (When the record was created)
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1920-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains two volumes into which the staff of the Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch (MS3, later MS1b) have pasted extracts from the London Gazette. These form a running record of appointments of Army personnel to the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire and awards of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) to the Army between 1920-1949.
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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)
- War Office, Military Secretary, 1904-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in microform only unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1992 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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The volumes in this series are indexed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14591/
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