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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Office of the Transport Commissioner for Wales and Monmouthshire: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: BD 26
What's it about?
BD 26
These files from the Office of the Transport Commissioner for Wales and Monmouthshire relate entirely to civil aviation and the development of airport facilities in Wales.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Transport Commissioner for Wales and Monmouthshire: Registered Files (TCW Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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These files from the Office of the Transport Commissioner for Wales and Monmouthshire relate entirely to civil aviation and the development of airport facilities in Wales.
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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)
- TCW file series
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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)
- 4 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The files in this series relate exclusively to civil aviation and are all that appear to have survived.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2802/
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Office of the Transport Commissioner for Wales and Monmouthshire: Registered Files (TCW Series)
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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