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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.
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Air Ministry, Directorate General of Works and Buildings and successors: Branch Folders
Catalogue reference: WORK 53
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WORK 53
Most pieces in this series are concerned with experiments on paved runways and with the construction of runways at selected RAF stations and airfields in the United Kingdom and abroad. The first of these runways (also called all-weather runways...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 53
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry, Directorate General of Works and Buildings and successors: Branch Folders
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Most pieces in this series are concerned with experiments on paved runways and with the construction of runways at selected RAF stations and airfields in the United Kingdom and abroad. The first of these runways (also called all-weather runways and airfield pavements) was built in the late 1930s as a result of the introduction of heavier aircraft. By 1942 virtually every airfield built for the RAF in Britain had paved runways.
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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)
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- Air Ministry, Directorate of Works, 1937-1963
- Air Ministry, Directorate of Works and Buildings, 1918-1937
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate General of Works, 1962-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 43 file(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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From 1983 Department of the Environment
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14654/
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