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Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Series
Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Air Transport Auxiliary: Papers
Catalogue reference: AVIA 27
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AVIA 27
Records relating to the formation, recruitment, operations and winding up of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Air Transport Auxiliary: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records relating to the formation, recruitment, operations and winding up of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Records of the Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch and Successors:
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Records of service of Air Transport Auxiliary personnel were presented by the Ministry of Defence to the RAF Museum Hendon.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2607/
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