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Series
Property Services Agency: Directorate of Defence Services I (Army): Graves and Cemeteries...
Catalogue reference: CM 4
What's it about?
CM 4
Records of the Directorate of Defence Services I of the Property Service Agency and predecessors, including the Admiralty and War Office, relating to the maintenance of UK graves and cemeteries at home and overseas.The series includes some maps,...
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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CM 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency: Directorate of Defence Services I (Army): Graves and Cemeteries Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1917-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Directorate of Defence Services I of the Property Service Agency and predecessors, including the Admiralty and War Office, relating to the maintenance of UK graves and cemeteries at home and overseas.
The series includes some maps, plans, drawings and photographs, and some minutes and agenda of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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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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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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- Board of Admiralty, 1708-1964
- Department of the Environment, Directorate of Defence Services I, 1970-1972
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate of Defence Services I, 1969-1970
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate of Overseas Services, 1963-1969
- Property Services Agency, Directorate of Defence Services I, 1972-1990
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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76 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1984 Property Services Agency
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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/C4109/
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