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Ministry of Defence: Central Staffs: Registered Files and Branch Folders
Catalogue reference: DEFE 68
What's it about?
DEFE 68
Registered files and branch folders created and used by branches within the Central Staffs organisation of the unified Ministry of Defence. There may be some overlaps from the years preceding unification (1964), where functions were carried...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 68
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Title (The name of the record)
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Ministry of Defence: Central Staffs: Registered Files and Branch Folders
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files and branch folders created and used by branches within the Central Staffs organisation of the unified Ministry of Defence. There may be some overlaps from the years preceding unification (1964), where functions were carried forward beyond that unification.
Some branches have dedicated series - see Related material.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State DEFE 23
Files of the Chiefs of Staff Committee - 2 series
Files of Defence Secretariat branches DEFE 24
Files of Defence Lands Service - 2 series
Files and folders from pre-unification MOD DEFE 7
Files of Defence Central Scientific Staffs DEFE 19
Files from Ministers' Private Offices DEFE 13
Communications and Intelligence records - 12 series
Files of the Chief of Defence Staff offices DEFE 25
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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)
- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1714 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2003 Ministry of Defence
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1917 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Collection theme 2.2.1.3 - external relations and defence policy
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- Registered files and branch folders created and used by branches within the Central Staffs organisation of the Ministry of Defence 1964 to date. DEFE 68 contains all ministerial records from numerous creators that do not fall in the main Ministerial Offices classes.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15929/
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