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Schemes for employing discharged soldiers etc in Customs and Excise
Catalogue reference: CUST 49/431
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This record is about the Schemes for employing discharged soldiers etc in Customs and Excise dating from 1910-1919 in the series Customs and Excise: Registered Papers. 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)
- CUST 49/431
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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Schemes for employing discharged soldiers etc in Customs and Excise
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Additional Former Reference: 45915/1917 45914/1917 34707/1917 78861/1916 7964/1915 18504/1913 43447/1911 10184/1910
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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)
- 72473/1918 6895/1919 75741/1918 70854/1918 69586/1918 62958/1918 54803/1918 54802/1918 45811/1918 39866/1918 23645/1918 93363/1917
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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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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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- Topics
- Taxation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6130229/
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CUST 49
Customs and Excise: Registered Papers
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