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Identity cards: specimen cards
Catalogue reference: RG 28/114
What’s it about?
This record is about the Identity cards: specimen cards dating from 1941-1944 in the series General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at Creating government department or its successor.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 28/114
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Identity cards: specimen cards
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HQ/IC/10
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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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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
- Census
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1926039/
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Series information
RG 28
General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers
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General Register Office: National Registration: Correspondence and Papers
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Identity cards: specimen cards
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