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Series
Ministry of Defence: Navy Department, Naval Personnel (Pay) Division: Registered...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 49
What's it about?
DEFE 49
This series consists of registered files of the Naval Personnel (Pay) Division relating to allowances, pay and pensions
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 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Navy Department, Naval Personnel (Pay) Division: Registered Files (NPP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the Naval Personnel (Pay) Division relating to allowances, pay and pensions
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By former file reference. Some files concerning the same subject have been amalgamated but former references are shown
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some Naval Personnel (Pay) Division files have been included in the general series DEFE 69
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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)
- NFP file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Defence, Navy Department, Naval Personnel (Pay) Division, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 117 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Defence , in 1999
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5807/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
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Ministry of Defence: Navy Department, Naval Personnel (Pay) Division: Registered Files (NPP Series)
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