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of the Met's central administration, succeeding an Emergency Department set up to fulfil the same role straight after the passing of the Act the previous year. Run by civil staff rather than police officers, it kept records with photographs of adult aliens looking for or holding a job for over three
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They were initially set up to administer restrictions on and registration of enemy aliens living in the UK as stipulated in the
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were police departments across the United Kingdom from 1915 to 2022. The best known example was that for the
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From Quills to Computers - The History of the Metropolitan Police Civil Staff 1829-1979
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suspended the requirement to register, effectively abolishing the Offices.
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months or who remained in the MPD for over six months.
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It was established in 1915 within C5 Branch, part of
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Metropolitan Police District
Aliens Restriction Act 1914
unnaturalised
Brexit
European Union
Home Office
'C' Department
National Archives
Vine Street Police Station
Second World War
Borough High Street




"Police Registration"
"Metropolitan Police: Aliens Registration Office: Sample Record Cards (MEPO 35"
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1915 establishments in the United Kingdom
2022 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Defunct Metropolitan Police units

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