Series
Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: King's Medal for Service (KMS Series) Records
Catalogue reference: T 339
What's it about?
T 339
This series comprises citations by governmental and non-governmental sponsors relating to the award of the King's Medal for Service (KMS), subsequent correspondence and administrative papers.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 339
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: King's Medal for Service (KMS Series) Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises citations by governmental and non-governmental sponsors relating to the award of the King's Medal for Service (KMS), subsequent correspondence and administrative papers.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged in alphabetical order of recipients, by country.
The papers relating to the KMS were kept together, unjacketed on open racking. They were inserted in country files during preparation for transfer to the Public Record Office.
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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)
- KMS file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 39 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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Cabinet Office
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Civil Service Department in 1968, the Manpower and Personnel Office in 1981 and the Cabinet Office in 1982.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran from 1945 to 1946
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- All of the awards records have been selected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Sovereign, by royal warrant dated 23 August 1945, instituted a medal, The King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom. Its purpose was to recognise foreign nationals, mainly civilians of allied countries, who had given meritorious service in furtherance of the interests of the British Commonwealth in the allied cause during the Second World War. Two thousand five hundred and thirty nine awards of the King's Medal for Service were made.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15466/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: King's Medal for Service (KMS Series) Records