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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.
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Postcards for propaganda purposes. Several sets of postcards, depicting photographs...
Catalogue reference: INF 1/642
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This record is about the Postcards for propaganda purposes. Several sets of postcards, depicting photographs... dating from 1940 in the series Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- INF 1/642
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Postcards for propaganda purposes.
Several sets of postcards, depicting photographs of British armed forces, have been extracted from this document.
Includes 83 photographs depicting: Propaganda postcards featuring the three armed services. Examples of photographic reproductions of exhibits at Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Strangers' Hall, Norwich used as meeting place for Flemish settlers. Dated 1940.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Photographs extracted to
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- File No. GP.70/B
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- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4300733/
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INF 1
Ministry of Information: Files of Correspondence
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Postcards for propaganda purposes. Several sets of postcards, depicting photographs...
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