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Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, HD and HW Papers: memorial...
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/WS/2/86
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This record is a file about the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, HD and HW Papers: memorial... dating from 1947-1948.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/L/WS/2/86
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Title (The name of the record)
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Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, HD and HW Papers: memorial scrolls for issue to the next-of-kin of deceased personnel
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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File on the subject of memorial scrolls for issue to the next-of-kin of deceased personnel; File containing Ministry of Pension instructions, lists giving rank or rating and abbreviations for officers in the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve, Women's Royal Naval Reserve, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service and Voluntary Aid Detachment, a list of Regiments and Corps in the British Army and Army Ranks with abbreviations, a list of ranks and ratings in the UK Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets and Lascar and other Asiatic Ratings, and a list showing the degrees of relationship of next-of-kin; File containing specimen memorial scrolls and specimen Ministry of pension forms
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See L/WS/2/35-36 and L/PS/15/109 for other papers of the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 files
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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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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Contains papers from Military Correspondence files M4931/47 and M5848/47
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/deb34276-d1bd-4773-848d-efe666c1ddb4/
Series information
IOR/L/WS/2/1-86
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Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals, HD and HW Papers: memorial scrolls for issue to the next-of-kin of deceased personnel