Focus on
Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Piece
"Clawhammer" (Cape de la Hague, Brittany, France) and"Catgut" (Walcheren, The Netherlands)
Catalogue reference: DEFE 2/138
What’s it about?
This record is about the "Clawhammer" (Cape de la Hague, Brittany, France) and"Catgut" (Walcheren, The Netherlands) dating from 1942 in the series Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 2/138
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1942
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
"Clawhammer" (Cape de la Hague, Brittany, France) and"Catgut" (Walcheren, The Netherlands)
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
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))
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4194374/
Series information
DEFE 2
Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters...
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
69,078 records
2,307 records
You are currently looking at the piece: DEFE 2/138
"Clawhammer" (Cape de la Hague, Brittany, France) and"Catgut" (Walcheren, The Netherlands)
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Focus on
Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret. -
The story of
Anthony Blunt's confession
Security Service files paint a vivid picture of what happened when Anthony Blunt – then employed in the royal household – admitted spying for the Soviet Union.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.