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Catalogue description Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Royal Artillery Maritime Record Cards
| Reference: | WO 436 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Royal Artillery Maritime Record Cards |
| Description: |
This series contains cards for Royal Artillery personnel serving in Maritime Regiments. The records detail the ships which individuals served on, and the ports where they joined and left. These cards complement the cards in series WO 435. |
| Note: | This series was originally titled Royal Artillery Maritime Regiments Medal Cards, but the cards do not show details of medal entitlement |
| Date: | 1939-1945 |
| Arrangement: |
The records are arranged in alphabetical order by surname. Officers' record cards form a separate sequence at the end of the series. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Creator: |
War Office, 1857-1964 |
| Physical description: | 38 box(es) |
| Dimensions: | 20cm x 13 cm |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2023 Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are anticipated. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
These cards were created by the War Office to record individual service of Royal Artillery personnel serving in Maritime Regiments during the Second World War |
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