Meet the Historic Records' team

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Take a bow Steve, Paul, Alex, Kit, Niharika and Mengzhao. Between us we look after strategic direction, acquisition, digitisation, transcription, IT and infrastructure, research and field work. We don't always look this serious, but we are passionate about what we do. We are headquartered in Chelmsford, Essex in a grade-two listed building close to the city centre.

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Own an original Military Medal card

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