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Mary Caveney Near Wakefield, Yorkshire 7 September 1897
Catalogue reference: WO 398/38/10
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This record is about the Mary Caveney Near Wakefield, Yorkshire 7 September 1897 dating from [1917-1920] in the series War Office: Women's (later Queen Mary's) Army Auxiliary Corps: Service Records, First.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 398/38/10
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1917-1920]
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- Name
- Caveney, Mary
- Place of birth
- Near Wakefield, Yorkshire
- Date of birth
- 7 September 1897
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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WO 398
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