Series
Ministry of Home Security: Fire Services, London Region
Catalogue reference: HO 209
What's it about?
HO 209
Files of No.5 (London) Region, National Fire Service, including some correspondence and papers of the London Fire Brigade, relating largely to the supply of water for fire fighting purposes.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 209
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Home Security: Fire Services, London Region
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of No.5 (London) Region, National Fire Service, including some correspondence and papers of the London Fire Brigade, relating largely to the supply of water for fire fighting purposes.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Home Security, Fire Services, London Region, 1941-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 file(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1941 a National Fire Service was established under the direct control of the Home Office and the Scottish Office, but in 1948 it was disbanded and fire services reverted to local authority control under the supervision of the two departments.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9073/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Ministry of Home Security: Fire Services, London Region