Catalogue description Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Ships' Cards

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Details of WO 435
Reference: WO 435
Title: Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Ships' Cards
Description:

This series contains some 10,000 cards detailing individual Maritime Royal Artillery gunners allocated to a particular ship during the Second World War

Date: 1939-1945
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in alphabetical order by name of ship

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

War Office, 1857-1964

Physical description: 18 box(es)
Dimensions: 20cm x 13cm
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2023 Ministry of Defence

Administrative / biographical background:

The records were created by the War Office during the Second World War

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