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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
Meteorological Office: Administrative Records
Catalogue reference: BJ 5
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BJ 5
Files of the Air Ministry, Royal Air Force and Meteorological Office relating to a wide range of business. Subject matter includes international co-operation and research into meteorology and oceanography, meteorological intelligence during the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BJ 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Meteorological Office: Administrative Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Air Ministry, Royal Air Force and Meteorological Office relating to a wide range of business. Subject matter includes international co-operation and research into meteorology and oceanography, meteorological intelligence during the Second World War, a 'Meteorological War Book' (1948-1956), technical research reports and many aspects of the organization of the Meteorological Office and its work.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Papers concerning the transfer of the Meteorological Office to the Air Ministry are in
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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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- Air Ministry, 1918-1964
- Meteorological Office, 1867-1867
- Royal Air Force, 1918-1918
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 409 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1981 Meteorological Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- Files of the Air Ministry, Royal Air Force and Meteorological Office relating to a wide range of business. Subject matter includes international co-operation and research into meteorology and oceanography, meteorological intelligence during the Second World War, a 'Meteorological War Book' (1948-1956), technical research reports and many aspects of the organization of the Meteorological Office and its work
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2868/
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