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Golf Club: insurance
Catalogue reference: WORK 15/108
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This record is about the Golf Club: insurance dating from 1938-1939 in the series Office of Works and successors: Osborne House: Registered Files. 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)
- WORK 15/108
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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Golf Club: insurance
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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)
- AE 8107/2 Part 1
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Sports
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2016198/
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WORK 15
Office of Works and successors: Osborne House: Registered Files
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