Focus on
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.
Series
Ministry of Defence: Selected Civilian Personal Files
Catalogue reference: DEFE 34
What's it about?
DEFE 34
This series contains selected civilian personal files for the Ministry of Defence.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Selected Civilian Personal Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected civilian personal files for the Ministry of Defence.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Alphabetical by surname within transfer
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1999 Ministry of Defence
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files of senior staff (Grade 5 and above) were selected if they contained significant biographical information.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5792/
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