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Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment

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Date: 1991-1995
History: Military research establishment at Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire; originally established in 1916. In 1991 the Chemical Defence Establishment became the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment (CBDE), as one of the new Defence Support Agencies. In 1995 the CBDE became part of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), an executive agency of the MOD.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: Whitakers; MOD website; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C286336
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
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1916-1997: War Office, Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Defence: Chemical Defence Research Department and Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, later Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
WO 188
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1918-1995: War Office, Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Defence : Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, later Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton: Reports and Technical Papers
The National Archives, Kew
WO 189
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Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down
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