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56 photographs extracted from ADM 116/3074 showing (1)-(6) Kuching, Sarawak; (7)-(10)...
Catalogue reference: CN 1/17
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This record is about the 56 photographs extracted from ADM 116/3074 showing (1)-(6) Kuching, Sarawak; (7)-(10)... dating from 1935 in the series Photographs Extracted from ADM series. 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)
- CN 1/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935
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Description (What the record is about)
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56 photographs extracted from ADM 116/3074 showing (1)-(6) Kuching, Sarawak; (7)-(10) inspections of the Straits Settlements RNVR by the Commander in Chief, Singapore in February 1935; (11)-(14) Singapore; (15)-(18) Normanton tank farm, Singapore; (19)-(20) visit of HH Sultan of Perak to HMS Kent; (21)-(24) Belawan Deli, Sumatra; (25) meeting between the Commander in Chief and Minister of Defence Luang Pibulasonggram at the Military Hospital, Bangkok 15 March 1935; (26)-(27) HMS Kent aground near Saigon; (28)-(29) silver tray presented to the Captain, Officers and crew of HMS Suffolk by Ellerman's City Line, Glasgow, in recognition of services rendered to the Officers and crew of SS City of Carthage; (30)-(37) Saigon War Memorial; (38)-(40) Hokkaido, Japan; (41)-(42) Honshu, Japan; (43)-(46) fly past of squadrons of Japanese aircraft, Tokyo Bay; (47) map of the Sasebo-Nagasaki area; (48)-(49) Silver Jubilee celebrations at Shanghai 6 May 1935; (50)-(53) Naval and Military display at Shanghai 6 May 1935; (54) a Chinese from the Yangtse Valley; (55) the Commander in Chief with Kung ('Number One Pilot'), Capt Frandsen and Lt Cdr D B Colley RN on board HMS Falcon; (56) the Commander in Chief with Yen Sheng Kung (71st direct linear descendant of Confucius).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- ADM 116/3074
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 56 photograph(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 6x9cm to 13x18cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C360735/
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CN 1
Photographs Extracted from ADM series
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