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Series
Admiralty: East Indies Station: Correspondence
Catalogue reference: ADM 127
What's it about?
ADM 127
Correspondence relating to India, Ceylon, Burma, Aden, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the East Coast of Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean. There is also a volume of telegrams sent and received during the Sudan Campaign, 1883 to 1884.
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ADM 127
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: East Indies Station: Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1808-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence relating to India, Ceylon, Burma, Aden, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the East Coast of Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean. There is also a volume of telegrams sent and received during the Sudan Campaign, 1883 to 1884.
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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)
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- Board of Admiralty, East Indies and China Station, 1816-1865
- Board of Admiralty, East Indies Station, 1865-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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75 volume(s)
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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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With the ever increasing granting of independence to British possessions in the area, the East Indies Station was gradually run down until it was finally closed on September 7 1959.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1836/
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