Series
Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Naval Intelligence Division and Defence Intelligence...
Catalogue reference: ADM 326
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ADM 326
This series consists of NID and DI 19 Beach Survey policy files and beach intelligence reports of the coasts and inland waterways of the British Isles, including a comprehensive survey carried out between 1946 and 1966 (Operation SANDSTONE). ...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 326
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Naval Intelligence Division and Defence Intelligence Staff: United Kingdom Beach Intelligence Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of NID and DI 19 Beach Survey policy files and beach intelligence reports of the coasts and inland waterways of the British Isles, including a comprehensive survey carried out between 1946 and 1966 (Operation SANDSTONE).
This record series is rich in photographic content.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged geographically, covering the west coast of Scotland and outlying islands, then from north to south, the east coast of Scotland and the remainder of the British Isles in a clockwise direction; Northern Ireland, Eire and Jersey are also covered.
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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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- Board of Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division, 1886-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence Staff, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1326 file(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Operation SANDSTONE which was instituted in 1947 to survey the coast of the United Kingdom to facilitate re-occupation by the United States in the event of the UK being over-run in war. The series consists of beach intelligence reports of the coasts and inland waterways of the United Kingdom from a comprehensive survey conducted in the 1950's and subsequent reports of beach surveys carried out in succeeding years. The survey team was disbanded in 1966 before the project was completed due to the invalidity of the original strategic concept by that date.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2034/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Naval Intelligence Division and Defence Intelligence Staff: United Kingdom Beach Intelligence Records