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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.
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40/46 Pl.
Catalogue reference: WO 171/5390
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This record is about the 40/46 Pl. dating from 1945 June - Dec. in the series War Office: Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe (British Element): War.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 171/5390
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 June - Dec.
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Description (What the record is about)
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40/46 Pl.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Closed Until 1996
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4445497/
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WO 171
War Office: Allied Expeditionary Force, North West Europe (British Element): War...
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