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Accident register for the North Eastern Railway Company
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Series
Home Office and Ministry of Home Security: Air Raid Precautions and Research and...
Catalogue reference: HO 216
What's it about?
HO 216
Minutes, circulated papers and reports of the following committees set up by the department: Aerodrome Research Committee: Air Raid Precaution Co-ordinating Committee; Building Technical Advisory Committee; Heating and Ventilation of Shelters...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 216
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office and Ministry of Home Security: Air Raid Precautions and Research and Experiments Departments, Miscellaneous Committees: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, circulated papers and reports of the following committees set up by the department: Aerodrome Research Committee: Air Raid Precaution Co-ordinating Committee; Building Technical Advisory Committee; Heating and Ventilation of Shelters Committee; Higher Explosives Committee, Incendiary Bombs Committee; Interdepartmental Co-ordinating committee on Shock waves; Joint Lighting Committee; 'Loud Noise' Air Raid Warning Signals Committee; Operational Research Committee; Photographic Assessment Committee; Technical Intelligence Committee; War Damage (Earth Movements) Committee. The series also includes miscellaneous reports of the Directorate of Explosives Research.
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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)
- 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)
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- Home Office, Air Raid Precautions Department, 1935-1939
- Ministry of Home Security, Air Raid Precautions Department, 1939-1945
- Ministry of Home Security, Air Raid Precautions Department, Research and Experiments Branch, 1939-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 29 file(s)
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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
- Weapons
- Disasters and emergencies
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9080/
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