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Committee of Imperial Defence: Home Ports Defence Committee, later Home Defence Committee:...
Catalogue reference: CAB 12
What's it about?
CAB 12
This series consists of the minutes of the Home Ports Defence Committee (HPDC), later the Home Defence Committee (HDC) of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Topics covered include fixed defences at defended ports (including defence of the Channel...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence: Home Ports Defence Committee, later Home Defence Committee: Minutes (HPDC and HDC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1909-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes of the Home Ports Defence Committee (HPDC), later the Home Defence Committee (HDC) of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
Topics covered include fixed defences at defended ports (including defence of the Channel Islands ports), harbours, the defence of vulnerable points, air attack and air defence, coal supplies, cable landings, government offices, telegraphs and communications, oil and petrol stores and the role of the Territorial Army.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later Home Defence Committees see CAB 93
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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)
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HPDC and HDC file series
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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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- Committee of Imperial Defence, Home Defence Committee, 1923-1939
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Home Ports Defence Committee, 1909-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 volume(s)
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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
- Army
- Air Force
- Oil and gas
- Coal
- Communications
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1909-1922
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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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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The Home Ports Defence Committee (HPDC) was a principal standing committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence. The HPDC was appointed in 1909 to deal with the armament of coast defences and home ports. Its membership included representatives of the CID and additional representatives of the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry.
In December 1922, the remit of the Home Ports Defence Committee was extended to include all aspects of Home Defence and its title amended to Home Defence Committee (HDC).
The minutes of the HPDC and HDC were circulated by the Secretary to members of the Committees, to other members of the CID, to ministers, and to other officers and officials who needed to be kept informed of decisions of the Committees.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819/
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