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  War Office: Royal Army Service Corps, Army Catering Corps, and Royal Engineers Other...

  This series consists the service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks (but not officers) who served in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC), Army Catering Corps (ACC), or Royal Engineers of the British Army during the Second World War …

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  Date

  [1939-1963]

  Reference

  WO 438

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  War Office: German Record cards of British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War and...

  This series comprises some pre-printed cards, containing personal details of some 200,000 individuals held by German Authorities during the Second World War, most relate to prisoners of war though there are several hundred relating to civilians. The …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1939-1945

  Reference

  WO 416

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  Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Security and Intelligence...

  This collection of records was created by the groups of officials within the Commonwealth Relations Office (later Commonwealth Office) who were responsible for the department's relations with the UK security and intelligence services. Due to the sens…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1942-1962

  Reference

  DO 231

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  Admiralty, Inter-service Topographical Department, and Ministry of Defence, Joint...

  This series comprises reports, surveys, maps, plans, and photographs of places and areas in theatres of war in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Atlantic, and the Pacific. The reports were compiled for use in strategic and tactical planning, and comprise inf…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1913-1968

  Reference

  WO 252

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  Ordnance Survey: Directorate of Field Survey: National Grid Object Name Books

  This series consists of Object Name Book (ONB) folders containing information relating to the names of objects depicted on Ordnance Survey mapping of England and Wales, together with the authority for their spelling. Their primary purpose is to list …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1943-1983

  Reference

  OS 67

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  War Office: Selected Smaller Corps Other Ranks: Service Records

  This series consists of 94,242 service records of soldiers (but not officers) who served in 12 different smaller units/corps of the British Army during the Second World War and immediately after, and who were discharged from the armed forces as over …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  [1939-1963]

  Reference

  WO 421

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  Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Log Books and Crew Agreements

  This series comprises agreements and crew lists (with log books where they survive), for allied and commandeered ships, primarily covering the period of the Second World War and kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. The series also co…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1936-1950

  Reference

  BT 380

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  Prime Minister's Office: Operational Correspondence and Papers

  This series is made up of papers originally termed 'Operational'. They relate to the conduct of the Second World War and reflect the activities of the Prime Minister as Minister of Defence, such as the setting up of the Combined Operations Organisati…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1937-1946

  Reference

  PREM 3

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  Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Companies Court: Companies (Winding-up)...

  These arise from actions heard in the Companies Court of the High Court of Justice under the Companies (Winding Up) Act 1890 and subsequent legislation. The files include copies of summonses, affidavits of various kinds, court orders, petitions, judg…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1883-2003

  Reference

  J 13

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  Records of Special Operations Executive

  The records of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which functioned during the Second World War to promote sabotage and subversion and assist resistance groups in enemy occupied territory. Files relating to operations in the Far East are in HS 1,…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1936-1992

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  HS

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  Government Code and Cypher School: Reports on Second World War German Army and Air...

  This series contains weekly reports compiled by the Government Code and Cypher School of details of intercepted German army and air force wireless communications traffic during the Second World War. The reports give details of traffic volumes and cal…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1941-1945

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  HW 45

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  Records of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  The records held in the Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, comprising: Papers of Francis Kingdon-Ward, Explorer and Botanist, in RM 1; Papers of Marianne North, Botanical Painter, in RM 2; Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Botanist, in RM 3; Paper…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1764-2022

  Reference

  RM

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  War Office: Gallantry Medal and Award Rolls, Military Medal

  This series contains a register for the award of the Military Medal during the Second World War. It records name, rank, service number and unit of each recipient with the date the award was announced in the London Gazette. The register was compiled b…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1930-1993

  Reference

  WO 326

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  Department

  Records of the Imperial War Museum

  Records of the Imperial War Museum. Central files (WWI Series) are in EN 1, Royal Air Force Section in EN 2 and central files (World War II Series) are in EN 3.For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Divis…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  2004-2013

  Reference

  EN

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  Board of Education and successors: Technical Branch and Further Education Branch:...

  Registered files of the Board of Education and successors Technical Branch and Further Education Branch concerning the policy and administration of schemes relating to the provision of further education, including juvenile unemployment centres, by Lo…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1904-1969

  Reference

  ED 46

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  Board of Education and successors: Medical Branch and Special Services Branch: Local...

  Local education authority files on various aspects of the school health and medical services, including files on school clinics and child guidance.The earliest surviving papers of this general series of LEA files are reports by HMIs and the Ministry'…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1924-1972

  Reference

  ED 137

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  Board of Education, University Branch, and Ministry of Education, Teachers Branch:...

  Registered files of the Board of Education, University Branch, and Ministry of Education, Teachers Branch concerning the post second world war emergency recruitment scheme and training of teachers.The papers relate to policy decisions leading up to t…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1943-1952

  Reference

  ED 143

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  Records of the Security Service

  Records of the Security Service and its predecessors are contained here. World War I historical reports and other papers, 1908 to 1939, are in KV 1, personal files in KV 2, subject files, 1905 to 1919 in KV 3 and Second World War historical reports i…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1905-2009

  Reference

  KV

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  Board of Education and successors: University Branch and Teachers Branch: Teacher...

  Board of Education and successors University Branch and Teachers Branch teacher training colleges files concerning the provision, maintenance and administration of teacher training colleges maintained by voluntary bodies, of colleges established by L…

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1924-1975

  Reference

  ED 78

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  Education Department and successors: Office of Special Inquiries and Reports and...

  Files of the Office of Special Inquiries and Reports and of its successors, the Department of Intelligence and Public Relations (1935-1945), the Information and External Relations Branch (1945-1949) which subsequently subdivided into the Information …

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  The National Archives, Kew

  Date

  1871-1980

  Reference

  ED 121