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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
Ordnance Board, etc., Proceedings, Reports and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: SUPP 6
What's it about?
SUPP 6
The records in this series consist of the minutes of the various Ordnance Boards and Committees which operated after 1855 under the superintendence of the War Office, the Ministry of Munitions and the Ministry of Supply and of their subsidiary...
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 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Board, etc., Proceedings, Reports and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series consist of the minutes of the various Ordnance Boards and Committees which operated after 1855 under the superintendence of the War Office, the Ministry of Munitions and the Ministry of Supply and of their subsidiary committees such as the Explosives Committee. The Ordnance Board Proceedings provide a record of issues considered at the bimonthly meetings and deal mainly with the design of armaments and munitions.
Most pieces in this series are printed volumes and some contain indexes to some of the proceedings and memoranda.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related Admiralty Naval Ordnance reports, see: ADM 256 ADM 257
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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)
- 1006 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Supply , from 1954
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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 accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13714/
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