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Use of railway telephone or telegraph systems in case of emergency; bombing by enemy...
Catalogue reference: AN 2/759
What’s it about?
This record is about the Use of railway telephone or telegraph systems in case of emergency; bombing by enemy... dating from 1940-1943 in the series War of 1939-1945: Railway Executive Committee: Files. 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)
- AN 2/759
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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Use of railway telephone or telegraph systems in case of emergency; bombing by enemy from shore batteries; The British Railway Stockholders Union Ltd - Railway Wages and Railway Equities, Memorandum by the General Sceretary May 1940; balloons, supposedly of enemy origin April 1940; Anglesey Rivers Catchment Board
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4490449/
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Series information
AN 2
War of 1939-1945: Railway Executive Committee: Files
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