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
Status of Newhaven as an operational base
Catalogue reference: DEFE 2/855
What’s it about?
This record is about the Status of Newhaven as an operational base dating from 1941-1942 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 2/855
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1942
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Status of Newhaven as an operational base
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DCO B18-1
-
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/C4195102/
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 2/855
Status of Newhaven as an operational base
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Record revealed
Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development. -
Record revealed
A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park
In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.