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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Admiralty: Courts Martial Cases and Files
Catalogue reference: ADM 156
What's it about?
ADM 156
This series consists of cases and files extracted from ADM 1, 116, 137 and 167. They comprise records of Courts Martial of officers and men of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and the Naval Reserve and Auxiliary Forces.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 156
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Courts Martial Cases and Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of cases and files extracted from ADM 1, 116, 137 and 167. They comprise records of Courts Martial of officers and men of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and the Naval Reserve and Auxiliary Forces.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Registers of appeal are in J 152
Records of Airforce Courts Martial are in AIR 18
Case files of the Courts Martial Appeal Court are in J 135
Records of Army Courts Martial are in WO 71
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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)
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- Board of Admiralty, Permanent Secretarys Department, 1882-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State (Royal Navy)s Department, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 317 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1865/
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