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[edit] British Union of Fascists and the British Union
[edit] Home Office: Registered Papers
| HO 45/23741 | Peter Pendleton Eckersley, ex Chief Engineer, BBC: nazi sympathies; connection with Sir Oswald Mosley’s foreign radio station | 1939-1941.
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| HO 45/24895 | Reports on the British Union of Fascists | 1940.
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| HO 45/25383 | Anti-fascist activities; anti-fascist demonstrations and activities directed against meetings of the British Union of Fascists in Hyde Park, 9 September 1934; summons against Daily Worker on behalf of British Union of Fascists | 1929-1934.
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| HO 45/25386 | Wearing of uniform to denote membership of political organisations. Preservation of public order: disturbances arising out of public meetings and demonstrations, particularly those involving the British Union of Fascists | 1933-1936. *
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| HO 45/25388 | Fascist and anti-fascist meetings 1937-1938: police statistics; alleged partiality of policy | 1937-1938.
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| HO 45/25389 | Public meetings: allegations of connivance between police and the British Union of Fascists | 1939-1951.
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| HO 45/25393 | British Union of Fascists: policy and personnel; funds obtained from foreign sources: Metropolitan Police report on bank account in the names of Allen, Dundas and Tabor. 1940. (See also HO 283/10). *
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| HO 45/25767 | Proposal to remove overseas to a colony or dominion, detained members of British Union; application of the Habeas Corpus Acts 1679-1862 | 1940.
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| HO 45/25758 | Correspondence with Oswald, Hickson, Collier and Co regarding the detention of Sir Oswald Mosley and other members of the British Union | 1939-1940.
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[edit] Home Office: Supplementary Registered Papers
| HO 144/22454 | Fascist organisations: activities | 1939-1944.
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| HO 144/21377-21382 | Jew baiting by fascists | 1918-1940
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| HO 144/20710 | Fascist, Communist, etc., meetings in London | 1936-1937.
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| HO 144/21060-21064 | British Union of Fascists activities | 1936-1937
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| HO 144/19069-19070 | Activities of fascist organisations | 1925-1934
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| HO 144/20140-20147 | Activities of British Union of Fascists | 1934-1936
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| HO 144/21281 | British Union of Fascists: reports on activities | 1938-1939.
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| HO 144/21429 | British Union of Fascists: reports on meetings and literature made available to the public | 1939-1940.
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| HO 144/21086-21087 | Fascist demonstrations | 1937-1938.
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[edit] Defence Regulation 18B: Advisory Committee Papers
| HO 283/1 | Memorandum by Birkett on Home Office files relating to British Union (formerly British Union of Fascists): copy no. 3 | 1940.
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| HO 283/2 | Memorandum by Birkett on Home Office files relating to British Union (formerly British Union of Fascists): copy no. 1 and original | 1940.
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| HO 283/3 | British Union of Fascists (BUF): miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence | 1940-1941.
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| HO 283/4 | British Union of Fascists: memorandum by Birkett’s secretary | 1940.
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| HO 283/6 | Details of British Union of Fascists companies | 1940-1941.
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| HO 283/7 | Financial accounts of the British Union of Fascists | 1935-1940.
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| HO 283/10 | Metropolitan Police report regarding accounts at the Westminster Bank in the names of Allen, Dundas and Tabor (See also HO 45/25393) | 1940
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[edit] Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General: Treasury and Miscellaneous Registered Files
| TS 27/489 | British Union of Fascists’ finances: application to the High Court under Regulation 18AA(4) of the Defence Regulations | 1940-1944
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[edit] Detention of Sir O and Lady D Mosley
[edit] Home Office: Registered Papers
| HO 45/24891-24894 | Defence Regulation 18B detainee Mosley, Sir Oswald founder of British Union of Fascists | 1940-1945. *
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| HO 45/25758 | Correspondence with Oswald, Hickson, Collier and Co regarding the detention of Sir Oswald Mosley and other members of the British Union. Detention of members of the Italian Fascist Party | 1939-1940.
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[edit] Home Office: Supplementary Registered Papers
| HO 144/22495 | Accommodation for married detainees under Defence Regulation 18B in Isle of Man and Holloway Prison including Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley | 1941-1943.
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| HO 144/21955 | Lady Diana Mosley: detained under Defence Regulation 18B for fascist and pro-German sentiments | 1940-1944
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[edit] Home Office: Ministry of Information: Home Intelligence
| HO 262/6 | Fascism and the release of Sir Oswald Mosley: reports, memoranda and correspondence | 1939-1944.
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[edit] Defence Regulation 18B: Advisory Committee Papers
| HO 283/11 | Complaint by Mosley that he was not allowed access to papers before his appeal | 1940.
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| HO 283/12 | Reasons of Order made under Defence Regulation 18B in the case of Oswald Ernald Mosley | 1940.
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| HO 283/13 | Sir Oswald Mosley’s hearing: notes of first day | 2 July 1940.
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| HO 283/14 | Sir Oswald Mosley’s hearing: notes of second day | 3 July 1940.
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| HO 283/15 | Sir Oswald Mosley’s hearing: notes of re-hearing | 15 July 1940.
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| HO 283/16 | Papers accompanying the Advisory Committee’s recommendation | 1940.
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| HO 283/17-18 | Advisory Committee’s recommendation to the Secretary of State | 1940.
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[edit] Prison Commission Registered Papers Series II
| PCOM 9/878 | Mosley, Sir Oswald: interned under Defence Regulation 18B | 1940-1947.
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| PCOM 9/880 | Mosley, Lady Diana: interned under Defence Regulation 18B | 1940-1941.
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| HO 45/22405 | William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw): convicted at CCC on 19 Sept 1945 of High Treason and sentenced to death | 1945-1948.
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| HO 45/22406 | William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw): convicted at CCC on 19 Sept 1945 of High Treason and sentenced to death | 1945-1948.
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[edit] Miscellaneous Political Groups
[edit] Home Office: Registered Papers
| HO 45/25475 | Economic League (anti-communist organisation): literature, background information and reports on activities | 1934-1937.
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| HO 45/25482 | Nazi Party and Italian Fascists Party branches in UK: Notes on activities | 1936-1937. (retained in Department).
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| HO 45/24467 | Fascist organisations: renewal of activities after Second World War | 1941-1950.
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| HO 45/24468 | Fascist organisations: renewal of activities after Second World War | 1941-1950.
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| HO 45/24469 | Fascist organisations: renewal of activities after Second World War | 1941-1950.
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| HO 45/24470 | Fascist organisations: renewal of activities after Second World War | 1941-1950.
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| HO 45/24966 | Kibbo Kift Kindred, also known as the Social Credit Party: activities | 1925-1950.
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| HO 45/24967-24968 | Imperial Fascist League: reports on activities; publications. Arnold Leese’s Anti Jewish Information Bureau: Gothic Ripples publication. National Worker’s Movement: reports on activities and meetings | 1937-1954.
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| HO 45/24699 | Knights of St Columba: subversive religious organisation | 1918-1941.
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| HO 45/24999 | Public Order Act 1936: wearing of political uniforms | 1937-1952.
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| HO 45/25385 | Note on Otto Bene, head of Landsgruppe (Nazi Party) for Great Britain and Ireland | 1935.
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| HO 45/25386 | Wearing of uniforms to denote membership of political organisations. Preservation of public order; disturbances arising out of public meetings and demonstrations | 1933-1936
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| HO 45/25388 | Fascist and anti-fascist meetings: police statistics; alleged partiality of police. Protests at action taken by police at meetings held by National Unemployed Workers’ Movement in June 1938 | 1937-1938
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| HO 45/25393 | British Union of Fascists and other fascist and pro-Nazi organisations: policy and personnel | 1940
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| HO 45/25398 | British Protestant League and Scottish Protestant League reports on activities; anti-semetic and anti-Roman Catholic publications including Alexander Ratcliffe’s The Vanguard | 1941-1947.
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| HO 45/25399 | Revival of fascist activity in Great Britain after the Second World War | 1945-1947
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| HO 45/25758 | Potential fifth columnists in Kent. Detention of members of the Italian Fascist Party. | 1939-1940.
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[edit] Home Office: Supplementary Registered Papers
| HO 144/13864 | Workers’ Defence Corps, Labour League of Ex-servicemen and other organisations: reports on activities, meetings etc | 1926-1931
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| HO 144/22643 | Street meetings in the Metropolitan Police District: complaints by residents and others as to noise and disorder | 1935-1939.
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| HO 144/22454 | Fascist organisations: activities | 1939-1944.
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| HO 144/22282 | Unlawful drilling carried out by volunteer groups | 1920-1940.
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| HO 144/21933 | Mary Allen, Commandant of unofficial Women’s Auxiliary Service: detained under Defence Regulation 18B, for fascist sympathies | 1927-1944.
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| HO 144/21377-21382 | Jew baiting by fascists | 1918-1940.
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| HO 144/21247 | National Socialist League: formation and closure by William Joyce and John Beckett | 1937-1939.
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| HO 144/21086-21087 | Fascist demonstrations | 1937-1938.
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| HO 144/20710 | Fascist, Communist, etc. meetings in London | 1936-1937.
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| HO 144/19069 | Activities of fascist organisations | 1925-1934
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| HO 144/21279 | Fascist activity in the UK: discrimination against Jews | 1938.
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| HO 144/21280 | Fascist activity in the UK: discrimination against Jews | 1938-1939
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[edit] Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General
[edit] Treasury and Miscellaneous Registered Files
| TS 27/397 | National Unemployed Workers’ Movement: action brought against Lord Trenchard and others for trespass of property and illegal seizure of documents | 1933-1934.
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[edit] The National Archives Podcast
Listen to Prof. David Stephenson's talk [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/fascism.htm
Britain and the challenge of Fascism: saving Europe at a cost].
[edit] Further resources
Defence Regulation 18B: Detainees and Administration
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