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Good and Meritorious Services. Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cooks.
Catalogue reference: PMG 16/6
What’s it about?
This record is about the Good and Meritorious Services. Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cooks. dating from 1848 Jan. - 1850 Dec. in the series Naval Establishment: Miscellaneous Services, Wounds, Widows, etc, Pensions, etc.. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PMG 16/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848 Jan. - 1850 Dec.
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Description (What the record is about)
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Good and Meritorious Services. Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cooks.
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open 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
- Pay and pensions
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2740561/
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Series information
PMG 16
Naval Establishment: Miscellaneous Services, Wounds, Widows, etc, Pensions, etc.
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Within the series: PMG 16
Naval Establishment: Miscellaneous Services, Wounds, Widows, etc, Pensions, etc.
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Good and Meritorious Services. Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cooks.
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