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
War Office and Ministry of Supply: Contract Record Books
Catalogue reference: SUPP 4
What's it about?
SUPP 4
This series contains a record of all contracts placed with the Ministry of Supply and were compiled by the Division of the Under-Secretary (Contracts).Records dating from before 1939 relate to War Office contracts.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SUPP 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Ministry of Supply: Contract Record Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1922-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a record of all contracts placed with the Ministry of Supply and were compiled by the Division of the Under-Secretary (Contracts).
Records dating from before 1939 relate to War Office contracts.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 411 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13712/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
11,358 records
Within the department: SUPP
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War Office and Ministry of Supply: Contract Record Books
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