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Series
Pensions Appeal Tribunals: Case Files
Catalogue reference: BF 2
What's it about?
BF 2
A selection of appeals arising from the case files of Entitlement or Assessment Tribunals relating to claims for war disability pensions disallowed by the Minister of Pensions and appeals against decisions concerning the degree of disability involved.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BF 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Pensions Appeal Tribunals: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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A selection of appeals arising from the case files of Entitlement or Assessment Tribunals relating to claims for war disability pensions disallowed by the Minister of Pensions and appeals against decisions concerning the degree of disability involved.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
'Contentious appeals' (that is those that engendered a great deal of correspondence) are arranged separately from other case files in BF 2/580-602.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files before 1957 have not survived.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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698 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Disability
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2860/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BF
Records of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals
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Pensions Appeal Tribunals: Case Files
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