Series
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Second World War Merchant Navy Awards Files (MN Series)
Catalogue reference: T 335
What's it about?
T 335
Files on the nominations of mercantile marine and fishing fleet personnel for awards with descriptions of the actions deserving recognition. Files are searchable on the electronic catalogue by name of the individual recipient and by name of ship....
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
T 335
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Second World War Merchant Navy Awards Files (MN Series)
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1939-1947
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Files on the nominations of mercantile marine and fishing fleet personnel for awards with descriptions of the actions deserving recognition.
Files are searchable on the electronic catalogue by name of the individual recipient and by name of ship. The online description gives date of gazette, name, employment, award and ship.
The files contain some unpublished material, including descriptions of the actions leading to nominations for commendations, awards to foreign subjects, awards to fishing fleet personnel, army ranks of gunners given civil awards for concealment purposes.
The papers on the files frequently relate to actions dating from months, sometimes years, earlier.
-
Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
-
Files numbered 1 to 22 missing at transfer
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
-
MN file series
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
132 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Subject to 30 year closure
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
Cabinet Office
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
-
Wanting files may be found but series will not otherwise accrue.
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
-
Although much of the information was published in supplements to the London Gazette the files include additional unpublished information significant to the conduct of the Second World War and therefore all surviving files were selected for permanent preservation in accordance with the PRO acquisition policy (paragraph 2.2.1.3).
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15353/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
You are currently looking at the series: T 335
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Second World War Merchant Navy Awards Files (MN Series)