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Merchant Navy and Indian seamen deserters
Catalogue reference: RG 28/85
What’s it about?
This record is about the Merchant Navy and Indian seamen deserters dating from 1942 in the series General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 28/85
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942
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Description (What the record is about)
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Merchant Navy and Indian seamen deserters
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HQ/DES/5
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 84 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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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
- Shipping
- Trade and commerce
- Census
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1926010/
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Series information
RG 28
General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers
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