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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey...
Catalogue reference: WO 407
What's it about?
WO 407
Alphabetical lists of place names relating to a specific map series for a country or geographical region. Compiled or reproduced by the Survey Services, these gazetteers cover mapping at a variety of scales including town plans. Inhabited places,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 407
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Historic Gazetteers, 1914-1990
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Alphabetical lists of place names relating to a specific map series for a country or geographical region. Compiled or reproduced by the Survey Services, these gazetteers cover mapping at a variety of scales including town plans.
Inhabited places, administrative units, and geographical features are listed alongside map series and sheet number, grid location references and/or latitude and longitude position.
The lists may also include references to former names, descriptions, directions, administrative details, and the functions of individual buildings.
Some gazetteers also contain index diagrams and a glossary of terms.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Military Survey, 1964-2000
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, Geographical Section, 1922-1939
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, Geographical Section, 1939-1943
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, Geographical Section General Staff, 1908-1922
- War Office, Directorate of Military Survey, 1943-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 127 papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2015 Ministry of Defence
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- 3.1.2 external relations and defence
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12264464/
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War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Historic Gazetteers, 1914-1990
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