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Ministry of Munitions: Optical Munitions, Glassware and Potash: Files
Catalogue reference: BT 66
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BT 66
Files of the Optical Munitions and Glassware Branch and of the Potash Production Board of the former Ministry of Munitions which passed to the Board of Trade in 1919.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Munitions: Optical Munitions, Glassware and Potash: Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1915-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Optical Munitions and Glassware Branch and of the Potash Production Board of the former Ministry of Munitions which passed to the Board of Trade in 1919.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, Industries and Manufactures Department, Scientific Instruments, Glassware and Potash Production Section, 1919-1923
- Ministry of Munitions, American and Transport Department, Optical Munitions and Glassware Branch, 1916-1917
- Ministry of Munitions, American and Transport Department, Potash Production Branch, 1917-1919
- Ministry of Munitions, Munitions Supply Department, 1915-1916
- Ministry of Munitions, Optical Munitions Branch, 1916-1916
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 box(es)
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Weapons
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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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When the Ministry of Munitions was established in June 1915 optical munitions were dealt with by a division of the Munitions Supply Department. A separate Optical Munitions Branch was formed in this department in July 1916 and transferred to the American and Transport Department in October 1916, where it was known as the Optical Munitions and Glassware Branch. In June 1917 a Potash Production Branch was formed as part of this branch. Both branches were placed in the Materials Group in the reorganisation of the Ministry in August 1917.
The Ministry of Munitions Potash Branch and Optical Instruments and Glassware Branch were transferred to the Board of Trade on 1 June 1919, when they formed the Scientific Instruments, Glassware and Potash Production Section of the Industries and Manufactures Department. This section was fully absorbed into the department in 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3109/
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