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Series
Ministry of Defence (Navy): Registered Files and Branch Folders
Catalogue reference: DEFE 69
What's it about?
DEFE 69
Registered files and branch folders created and used by branches within the Navy departments of the unified Ministry of Defence. There may be some overlaps from the years preceding unification (1964), where functions were carried forward beyond...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DEFE 69
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Title (The name of the record)
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Ministry of Defence (Navy): Registered Files and Branch Folders
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Date (When the record was created)
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1869-2006
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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 Navy departments 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.
This series includes some files from the Naval Personnel (Pay) Division relating to allowances, pay and pensions, which would otherwise be found in DEFE 49.
Some branches have dedicated series - see below.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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O&M (Organisation and Methods Dept) files are in ADM 331
Files and folders from pre-unification MOD are in DEFE 7
NL (Naval Law Division) files are in ADM 330
W (Weapons Department) files are in ADM 333
F (Finance Divisions) files are in DEFE 50
Files of the Chief of Defence Staff offices are in DEFE 25
CP (Contracts and Purchase) files are in ADM 328
NPP (Naval Personnel (Pay) Division) files are in DEFE 49
Files of Defence Secretariat branches are in DEFE 24
Files of various Admiralty branches pre-1964 in ADM 1
DM (Dockyards and Maintenance) files are in ADM 329
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Defence, Navy Department, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2220 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2004 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)
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1964 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15934/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: DEFE
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Ministry of Defence (Navy): Registered Files and Branch Folders
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