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WHITEHEAD, John Alexander director of an aircraft manufacturing company
Catalogue reference: B 9/888
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This record is about the WHITEHEAD, John Alexander director of an aircraft manufacturing company dating from 1920 in the series Court of Bankruptcy and successors: Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Acts. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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B 9/888
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Date (When the record was created)
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1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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WHITEHEAD, John Alexander director of an aircraft manufacturing company
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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)
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21 (Wandsworth County Court)
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Litigation
- Debt
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5880738/
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B 9
Court of Bankruptcy and successors: Proceedings under the Bankruptcy Acts
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WHITEHEAD, John Alexander director of an aircraft manufacturing company
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