'File No 20/7 Ceremonials and Honours. Armistice day'

Title:

'File No 20/7 Ceremonials and Honours. Armistice day'

Date:

1933/1947

Description:

Abstract: The file contains circulars sent by the Political Agency in Bahrain regarding the observance of Armistice Day on 11 November of each year between 1933 and 1945. Similar circulars were sent in 1946 and 1947 to observe Remembrance Day on 10 and 9 November respectively. These were all circulated to the Political Agencies in the Gulf. Each circular contains a list of people/corporate bodies to be circulated to. These include; the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Mukhi of the Hindu community, and The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). The circulars include certain procedures to take place on the day, namely that there should be complete suspension of all normal business throughout the British Empire and in all British Government Offices during the Two Minutes’ Silence commencing at 11 am. At 11 am the Agency flag will be dipped to half-mast and raised again at 11.02 as a sign that the Two Minutes’ Silence is over. From 1938 onwards poppies were sold on Armistice Day and later on Remembrance Day.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 51; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-50; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Remembrance day (UK)

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000197_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000197_en
IOR/R/15/2/1672
IOR/R/15/2/1672

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