Series
William John Hocking Papers
Catalogue reference: MINT 28
Date: 1830-1953
Notes and correspondence of William John Hocking.The series includes papers relating to his published works on coins and medals and letters from a...
Series
Home Office: Honours (HON Symbol Series) Files
Catalogue reference: HO 286
What's it about?
HO 286
Files from the Home Office HON (Honours and Decorations) series. They relate to civilian gallantry awards, the centenary of the foundation of the Victoria Cross, civic honours and civic officials, and names, titles, affixes, etc.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 286
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Honours (HON Symbol Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files from the Home Office HON (Honours and Decorations) series. They relate to civilian gallantry awards, the centenary of the foundation of the Victoria Cross, civic honours and civic officials, and names, titles, affixes, etc.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged in numerical order by departmental file reference.
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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)
- HON Symbol file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 169 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1985 Home Office
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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
- Medals
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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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The Home Office had involvement in the granting of various honours and gallantry awards. Much of the Department's work in this area involves close liaison with such bodies as the College of Arms, the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, the Lord Chamberlain's Office and Chief Constables of all major police forces.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150/
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