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Admiralty: Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division: Order, Discharge, Letter and other...
Catalogue reference: ADM 185
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ADM 185
Order books, general weekly returns, letter books, embarkation, discharge and disposal books, etc., of the divisional headquarters at Portsmouth.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 185
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division: Order, Discharge, Letter and other Books, Registers and Returns
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1763-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Order books, general weekly returns, letter books, embarkation, discharge and disposal books, etc., of the divisional headquarters at Portsmouth.
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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)
- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division, 1755-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 114 files and volumes
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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/C1894/
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