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Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich: provision of facilities for Chief Armaments Design...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 51/63
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This record is about the Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich: provision of facilities for Chief Armaments Design... dating from 1950-1954 in the series Ministry of Supply: Finance, Registered Files (Series 4). 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)
- AVIA 51/63
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950-1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich: provision of facilities for Chief Armaments Design (CEAD)
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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)
- 4/ROF/511
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Weapons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C488367/
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AVIA 51
Ministry of Supply: Finance, Registered Files (Series 4)
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