Records of Second World War Departments

Division within BT

1916-1957

Records of Second World War Departments of the Board of Trade relating to specific war time responsibilities.

• Copies of documents used by historians to produce History of the Second World War: Civil Industry and Trade, BT 131
• Drawings and specifications of utility furniture, BT 183
• German Division, BT 211
• Post-War Commodity Policy and Relief Department, BT 88
• Supplies to Liberated Areas Division, BT 25
• Wool Control, BT 204

Records of the Central Price Regulation Committee, set up under the Prices of Goods Act 1939 are in BT 94

For further files relating to utility schemes see BT 64

Records of the Nazi Victims Relief Trust are in BT 105

- BT 273

For records of the Trading with the Enemy and Administration of Enemy Property Departments see BT 271

Public Record(s)

English

7 series

Topics

Trade and commerce

Conflict

Operations, battles and campaigns

The Board of Trade developed various temporary organisations and functions during and just after the Second World War.

The board was responsible for administering the utility schemes introduced from September 1941 onwards for furniture, cloth, clothing, footwear and bedding.

Wartime departments set up under the board included the Post-War Commodity Policy and Relief Department, Supplies to Liberated Areas Division, German Division, Wool Control and Trading with the Enemy and Administration of Enemy Property Departments.