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Series
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Royal Artillery Maritime Record Cards
Catalogue reference: WO 436
What's it about?
WO 436
This series contains cards for Royal Artillery personnel serving in Maritime Regiments. The records detail the ships which individuals served on, and the ports where they joined and left. These cards complement the cards in series WO 435.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 436
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Title (The name of the record)
- Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Royal Artillery Maritime Record Cards
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains cards for Royal Artillery personnel serving in Maritime Regiments. The records detail the ships which individuals served on, and the ports where they joined and left. These cards complement the cards in series WO 435.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This series was originally titled Royal Artillery Maritime Regiments Medal Cards, but the cards do not show details of medal entitlement
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in alphabetical order by surname. Officers' record cards form a separate sequence at the end of the series.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 38 box(es)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 20cm x 13cm
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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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In 2023 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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- Topics
- Army
- Trade and commerce
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are anticipated.
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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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These cards were created by the War Office to record individual service of Royal Artillery personnel serving in Maritime Regiments during the Second World War
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17109000/
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Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Royal Artillery Maritime Record Cards
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