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War History Case No 7291. Escort Vessel Reports of Proceedings for ON, ONS, SC, ONF,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 199/317
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This record is about the War History Case No 7291. Escort Vessel Reports of Proceedings for ON, ONS, SC, ONF,... dating from 1944-1945 in the series Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, Second World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 199/317
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944-1945
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War History Case No 7291. Escort Vessel Reports of Proceedings for ON, ONS, SC, ONF, OS, KMS and XK convoys between North Atlantic and UK, Gibraltar and Sierra Leone 1944-45. (Described at item level)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Case No. 7291
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 199
Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, Second World War
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