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21 items (enclosures to 2 despatches from General Sir George J Giffard GCB, DSO,...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/569
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This record is about the 21 items (enclosures to 2 despatches from General Sir George J Giffard GCB, DSO,... dating from 1945-1953 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPI 1/569
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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21 items (enclosures to 2 despatches from General Sir George J Giffard GCB, DSO, ADC) extracted from ADM 199/189. Maps relating to operations in Burma (now Myanmar) and north east India (including areas now in Bangladesh): (i) 16 November 1943 to 22 June 1944 in file M/06512/45 dated 30 June 1945; and (ii) 23 June to 10 November 1944 in file M/08874/45 dated 17 September 1945). The maps also cover areas now in. Laos and the Yunnan province of China. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 portfolio(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047770/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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