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Piece
Contentious appeals
Catalogue reference: BF 2/581
What’s it about?
This record is about the Contentious appeals dating from 1947 in the series Pensions Appeal Tribunals: Case Files. 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)
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BF 2/581
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contentious appeals
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Closed For 75 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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
- Pay and pensions
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3413650/
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Series information
BF 2
Pensions Appeal Tribunals: Case Files
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BF
Records of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals
702 records
Within the series: BF 2
Pensions Appeal Tribunals: Case Files
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Contentious appeals
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