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FIRE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: Unexploded bombs and shells: reports of and notes on...
Catalogue reference: HO 187/98
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This record is about the FIRE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: Unexploded bombs and shells: reports of and notes on... dating from 1939-1941 in the series Fire Brigades Division and Fire Service Department. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 187/98
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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FIRE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: Unexploded bombs and shells: reports of and notes on their detection.
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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)
- FB GEN 163/1,2 & 4
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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
- Weapons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3368682/
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HO 187
Fire Brigades Division and Fire Service Department
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