Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Ministry of Munitions, Records of the Central Registry, etc.
Catalogue reference: MUN 4
What's it about?
MUN 4
Documents in this series constitute the bulk of those surviving from the records of the Ministry of Munitions, Disposal and Liquidation Commission, and Surplus Stores, etc., Liquidation Department. Included are papers from central registry and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MUN 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Munitions, Records of the Central Registry, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1909-1937
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Description (What the record is about)
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Documents in this series constitute the bulk of those surviving from the records of the Ministry of Munitions, Disposal and Liquidation Commission, and Surplus Stores, etc., Liquidation Department. Included are papers from central registry and branch registry series, minutes of various committees, and papers of a number of senior administrators including those of Andrew Weir, Lord Inverforth, Surveyor General of Supplies at the War Office and later Minister of Munitions. Includes material on demobilisation and reconstruction.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Within the series the documents are arranged in the order they had when deposited. This order is largely alphabetical by titles of registry series and then, within these series, in select numerical order of registration. Documents received at a later date from the War Office, Ministry of Supply, and Ministry of Technology have been placed at the end of the series.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7076 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1947 Ministry of Pensions
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a card index arranged by subject. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The principles of selection applied to this series and other series of the Munitions department are described in the handbook 'Records and History of The Ministry of Munitions and its Successors.'
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11239/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MUN
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