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Explosion at Kings Cross Railway Station Approach: death of Doctor Donald Campbell...
Catalogue reference: MEPO 3/1290
What’s it about?
This record is about the Explosion at Kings Cross Railway Station Approach: death of Doctor Donald Campbell... dating from 1939-1941 in the series Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special.... 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)
- MEPO 3/1290
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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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Explosion at Kings Cross Railway Station Approach: death of Doctor Donald Campbell and injuries to fifteen others
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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)
- 225/DAE/145
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2009
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3511602/
Series information
MEPO 3
Metropolitan Police: Office of the Commissioner: Correspondence and Papers, Special...
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