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Colonial Service

The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service and replaced in 1954 by Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), was the British government service that administered most of Britain's overseas possessions, under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Colonial Office in London. It did not operate in…

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Archives of the Colonial Service and HMOCS

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Colonial Service

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related to Archives of the Colonial Service and HMOCS · 54
Colonial Service → Aberystwyth, Africa, African Studies, As, Asia, Bodleian Library, Bristol, Bristol Archives, British, British Empire, British Library, Cambridge, Colonial Records Project, Commonwealth Collection, Commonwealth Studies, Digital History, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Library, HMOCS, In
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Colonial Service → Burma, Colonial Office, Colonial Regulations, Colonies, Commonwealth Office, Commonwealth Relations Office, CRO, Dominions Office, Egypt, FCO, Foreign, Foreign Office, His Majesty's Colonial Service, HMOCS, In, Indian Civil Service, Indian Empire, It, King William IV, March
has effect · 13
Colonial Service → African, British, British Government, By, Ceylon, Dominion, February, HMOCS, In, Inducement Allowance, Palestine, The, There
related to Size and termination · 13
Colonial Service → China, First World War, HMOCS Police, Hong Kong, In, July, Numbers, SAR, Second World War, Service, The, There, Thereafter
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Colonial Service → Colonial Administrative ServiceColonial Agricultural, During, Medical ServiceColonial Mines ServiceColonial, Police ServiceColonial Postal ServiceColonial, Prisons ServiceColonial Survey ServiceColonial, ServiceColonial Audit ServiceColonial Chemical, ServiceColonial Customs ServiceColonial Education, ServiceColonial Forest ServiceColonial Geological, Survey ServiceColonial Legal ServiceColonial, Veterinary Service

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