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Series
The Security Service: First World War Historical Reports and Other Papers
Catalogue reference: KV 1
What's it about?
KV 1
This series contains the official history of the Security Service work during World War I compiled at the request of the Committee of Imperial Defence. The duties of the Security Service were principally the control of aliens within and entering...
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KV 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Security Service: First World War Historical Reports and Other Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1908-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the official history of the Security Service work during World War I compiled at the request of the Committee of Imperial Defence. The duties of the Security Service were principally the control of aliens within and entering the UK, and counter-espionage within the UK and within the British Empire. Many of the records date from the years after the war and some include information about its work before the war.
The series also includes some later miscellaneous material about the Security Service's work and its history.
Most records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Within each transfer, the records in this series are arranged alphabetically by branch and in former reference order within each branch.
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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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76 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format 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/C15043/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
6,152 records
Within the department: KV
Records of the Security Service
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