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Series
Admiralty: Royal Marines: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: ADM 193
What's it about?
ADM 193
This series includes records of the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, the Royal Marine Artillery Division, Portsmouth, and various Royal Marine units overseas.
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 193
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Marines: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1761-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes records of the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, the Royal Marine Artillery Division, Portsmouth, and various Royal Marine units overseas.
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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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- Royal Marine Artillery Division, Portsmouth, 1862-1862
- Royal Marine Depot, Deal, 1862-1862
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 28 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/C1902/
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