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Catalogue description Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Ships' Cards
| Reference: | WO 435 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Ships' Cards |
| Description: |
This series contains 18 boxes holding just over 9,500 cards detailing individual Maritime Royal Artillery gunners allocated to a particular ship during the Second World War. The cards cover around 6,500 ships. Where the ship is not registered as British the nationality of the Allied ship has been noted. This series complements the larger set of record cards in WO 436, which record the sea service details for Royal Artillery DEMS Gunners. |
| 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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