Series
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Second World War Civil Defence Awards Files (GCD Series)
Catalogue reference: T 336
What's it about?
T 336
Ceremonial Branch files on the nominations of Civil Defence, Police, National Fire Service, Red Cross, Young Men's Christian Association, and other personnel, for awards with descriptions of the actions warranting recognition.Most of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 336
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Second World War Civil Defence Awards Files (GCD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1938-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ceremonial Branch files on the nominations of Civil Defence, Police, National Fire Service, Red Cross, Young Men's Christian Association, and other personnel, for awards with descriptions of the actions warranting recognition.
Most of the information in the files was published in supplements to the London Gazette, but the files also contain unpublished descriptions of the actions leading to nominations for Commendations.
The papers can relate to actions dating from months earlier. On some files, particularly the later ones, there are papers unconnected in any way with civil defence, for example, on awards to civilians who assisted the Allied war effort in occupied countries and following their liberation.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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GCD file series
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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)
- Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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166 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred to the Civil Service Department in 1968, to the Management and Personnel Office in 1981 and to the Cabinet Office in 1982.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Although much of the information was published in supplements to the London Gazette the files include 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).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15354/
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Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Second World War Civil Defence Awards Files (GCD Series)