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FOI) Requests Freedom of Information: Records released as a result of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests April 2006 This table lists the individual records opened in April 2006 as a result of FOI requests. Subject Catalogue Date of Description reference record Board of Stamps IR 59/882 1941-1943 BADEN-POWELL, Rt Hon Robert Stephenson Smyth, CM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, Baron Peer of the Realm, of Gillwell of Pax Hill Board of Trade BT 222/10 1943-1947 Payment of rewards to general public for information provided in Board of Trade prosecutions cases Boards of Stamps IR 62/2197 1946 Bequests to various institutions: Sir Daniel M Stevenson Boards of Stamps IR 59/776 1929-1939 DE TRAFFORD, Sir Humphrey Francis: accounts Boards of Stamps IR 62/1417 1933 Bequest to Exeter Museum: J Jackman Boards of Stamps IR 59/525 1918-1967 McCUDDEN, Major James Thomas Byford, VC, DSO, MC British Council BW 22/24 1971 Jan General policy: including 01 - 1982 ODA Country Policy Paper; Dec 31 'Education in Chile' by the Chile Committee for Human Rights Courts Martial WO 71/1105 1945 Harpley, DA Offence: Rape Courts Martial AIR 18/50 1966 Feb Sgt Kelly, A B. Offence: 21 Murder. (Conviction later quashed) Crime HO 1922 CRIMINAL CASES: 144/1754/425994 ARMSTRONG, Herbert Rowse Convicted at Hereford on 13 April 1922 for murder and sentenced to death Crime HO 144/22540 1926-1946 CRIMINAL: Michael Dennis Corrigan alias Edward Kettering alias Kenneth Edward Cassidy: confidence trickster. Crime HO 144/14913 1931 CRIMINAL: Unsolved murder of Louisa Maud Steele at Blackheath: alleged confession by Arthur James Faraday Salvage, murderer of Ivy Godden. Crime HO 144/5200 1925 CRIMINAL CASES: BIGNALL, William Grover Convicted at Devizes on 30 January 1925 for murder and sentenced to death Crime HO 144/22871 1946 CRIMINAL CASES: HEATH, Neville George Clevely Convicted at Central Criminal Court (CCC) on 26 September 1946 for murder and sentenced to death Crime HO 1911 CRIMINAL CASES: 144/1555/206162 FELTON, Willie Samuel Convicted at Leeds on 21 March 1911 for murder and sentenced to death (commuted) Crime HO 1922 CRIMINAL CASES: 144/1756/425994 ARMSTRONG, Herbert Rowse Convicted at Hereford on 13 April 1922 for murder and sentenced to death Crime HO 1922 CRIMINAL CASES: 144/1757/425994 ARMSTRONG, Herbert Rowse Convicted at Hereford on 13 April 1922 for murder and sentenced to death Criminal Justice BS 26/673 1991 Dec Jury vetting 20 - 1992 Mar 10 Department of BN 62/2466 1965 Jan London Borough of Lambeth, Health and Social 01-1974 Shirley Oaks, Croydon: Security: Dec 31 reports of visits; future use of Children’s Division site Department of PJ 1/44 1976 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1977 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/50 1977 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1977 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/51 1977 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1977 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/52 1977 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1977 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/53 1977 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1978 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/55 1977 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1978 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/57 1978 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1978 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/60 1978 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1978 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/61 1978 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1979 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/62 1979 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1979 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/63 1979 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1979 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/64 1979 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1979 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/65 1979 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1979 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/66 1979 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1979 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Department of PJ 1/46 1977 Jan International agreement on Trade 01 - 1977 corrupt practices: United Dec 31 Nations convention on bribery and extortion in international trade; Resolution 3514 Environment FD 7/3289 1989-1991 White Paper on the environment: notes and correspondence with draft White Paper; publications on British environmental strategy General Register RG 900/1 1915-1919 National Registration Acts, Office 1915 and 1918: specimens of documents from the General Register Office and local registration authority offices; memorandum on the National Register Higher Education BW 90/543 1945- Correspondence and papers in Malaya 1948; 1981 concerning future of higher education in Malaya following Japanese occupation Home Office HO 45/25603 1944-1953 WAR: Offences committed by US Forces personnel in the UK; liaison between the police and the US military authorities Home Office HO 45/23788 1940 WAR: Ernest Norman, friend of Olive Evelyn Baker and Mrs C Mitchell: ruling on power of Regional Commissioner; detention Home Office HO 45/25601 1942-1944 WAR: Offences committed by US Forces personnel in the UK; liaison between the police and the US military authorities Home Office HO 45/23921 1948-1949 CRIMINAL CASES: GRIFFITHS, Peter: convicted at Lancaster on 15 Oct 1948 of murder and sentenced to death Home Office HO 45/25626/1 1945 Previously closed extracts: Part of sentence in a Special Branch report dated 29/3/1945; 2 paragraphs from a Special Branch report dated 29/3/1945. Now released and reunited with parent piece Home Office HO 144/22002 1943-1944 PARDONS: Reverend Martin Kiddle convicted of importuning male persons for an immoral purpose: free pardon granted after sentence of imprisonment quashed Home Office: MH 102/2069 1952-1954 Proposed adoption by a Children's negro woman of a child of an Department Englishwoman and a coloured US serviceman; the child being in care of a local authority: permission for adoption refused Honours PREM 2/136 1954 New Year honours Honours PREM 2/149 1960 Birthday honours Metropolitan MEPO 3/632 1939 The Twelve Club, 12 Kentish Police Town Road, NW1: Harold Robinson Metropolitan MEPO 2/9472 1953-1955 Alleged indiscipline at Police Kentish Town Section House: shows general principle governing representations to Members of Parliament by police officers Ministry of DEFE 24/1001 1976 Nov Millbank Technical Services Defence 25 - 1977 Ltd: transfer to MoD of Jul 11 responsibility for defence contracts Ministry of DEFE 24/1000 1976 Nov Crown Agents: Millbank Defence 16 - 1977 Technical Services Ltd Apr 01 (MTS); discussion of future Ministerial responsibility for MTS Ministry of Health MH 154/639 1967-1976 National Health Service Regulations (venereal disease) 1968: proposals for amendments on contact tracing; memorandum, minutes of meetings Ministry of Health MH 156/415 1976 Jan Payment of fees for patients 01-1976 referred from the National Dec 31 Health Service: request for financial support from the Department of Health and Social Security for training grants for the Family Planning Association; experimental pilot scheme seminar trainingfor nurses; background papers, correspondence and notes of meetings Ministry of Health MH 154/1215 1978 Jan Committee on Safety of 01 - 1983 Medicines and the Joint Dec 31 Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: Joint Sub- Committee on Adverse Reactions to Vaccines and Immunological Products; minutes of meetings Ministry of Health MH 154/977 1975 Jan Vaccine associated 01-1977 poliomyelitis: Harry Booth's Dec 31 claim for negligence against the Department of Health and Social Security and the County Borough of Southport, Greater Manchester for contracting polio after the vaccination of his child; submission to Ministers and note of a meeting with the Secretary of State 1 December 1975; justification for settlement without admission of negligence; court proceedings and negotiation of settlement National Coal COAL 89/47 1974 Dec- Bentinck Colliery South Board 1989 Jan Nottinghamshire Area National Coal COAL 26/507 01/11/1983 National Overtime Ban/Strike Board - November 1984: Creation of 30/04/1985 the Union of Democratic Mineworkers [UDM] Nationality and HO 144/18276 1933 de Luca, Giovanni Filippo Naturalisation (known as Jean de Luca), from Italy. Resident in London. Certificate AZ2973 issued 14 June 1933. Nationality and HO 367/19 1978 Aug Landing and embarkation Naturalisation 10 - 1982 card system: admissibility of Mar 29 immigration records and outline of current practice Nationality and HO 144/3108 1900-1924 Schimscheiwitz, Israel Naturalisation (known as Israel Sunlight), from Russia. Resident in Manchester. Certificate A11578 issued 10 July 1900. Nationality and HO 405/11976 1938 - EHRLICH, M aka ELLIS Date Naturalisation 1939 of birth 03.03.1889 Nationality and HO 405/19307 1951 Jan GUNSBERG, L N Date of Naturalisation 01 - 1952 birth 21.03.1913 Dec 31 Nationality and HO 144/11572 1930 Goldberg, Zelek Mordka (or Naturalisation Marks Goldberg), from Poland.
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