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Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: 30 Jan 1962-20 Dec 1963. Former reference: 68/Ord/2445....
Catalogue reference: WO 373/124
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This record is about the Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: 30 Jan 1962-20 Dec 1963. Former reference: 68/Ord/2445.... dating from 1956-1964 in the series War Office and Ministry of Defence: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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WO 373/124
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Date (When the record was created)
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1956-1964
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Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: 30 Jan 1962-20 Dec 1963. Former reference: 68/Ord/2445. Combatant Gallantry and Meritorious Service Awards: Foreign Awards to British and British Awards to Foreign: Near East (Suez) 1956, 13 June 1957-15 Apr 1958. Former reference: 68/Ord/2322. Combatant Gallantry and Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: Foreign Awards to British: UN operations in the Congo 1960-1964, 19 Sept 1961-16 Oct 1964.
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Includes: 68/Ord/2445; 68/Ord/2322
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WO 373
War Office and Ministry of Defence: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations...
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Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: 30 Jan 1962-20 Dec 1963. Former reference: 68/Ord/2445....
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