Catalogue description Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Civilian Gallantry Awards to Military Personnel (GCM Series) Files

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Reference: T 351
Title: Treasury: Ceremonial Branch: Civilian Gallantry Awards to Military Personnel (GCM Series) Files
Description:

This series relates to civilian gallantry awards to military personnel; these include awards of CBEs, OBEs, and BEMs, which were awarded in recognition of gallantry as well as meritorious service until the mid-1970s. Only those files relating to awards of the George Cross have been selected for permanent preservation.
Date: 1940-1979
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: GCM file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 62 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2004 Cabinet Office
Custodial history: Treasury 1940-1968; Civil Service Department 1968-1982.
Accumulation dates: 1940-1994
Selection and destruction information: Details of all the awards to which the files in this series referred were published in the London Gazette. However, approximately thirty files relating to awards of the George Cross have been selected for permanent preservation, in accordance with the published Acquisition Policy as records of policy and processes in respect of one of the nation's most prestigious honours.
Accruals: This series is not accruing.

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