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 predecessors: Various Departmental Out-letters
Catalogue reference: WO 7
What's it about?
WO 7
This series comprises letterbooks of the Office of Army Accounts, Accountant General, Board of General Officers, Chaplain General, Depots of Foreign Troops, Medical Department, Agent General of Militia and Commissary General of Musters.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 7
-
Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and predecessors: Various Departmental Out-letters
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1715-1862
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series comprises letterbooks of the Office of Army Accounts, Accountant General, Board of General Officers, Chaplain General, Depots of Foreign Troops, Medical Department, Agent General of Militia and Commissary General of Musters.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
For indexes to War Office and predecessors' out-letters see WO 2
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Agent General for Volunteers and Local Militia, 1803-1817
- Board of General Officers, 1706-1855
- Commissary General of Musters, 1660-1817
- Secretary-at-War, 1660-1855
- War Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, 1857-1964
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 130 volume(s)
-
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))
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14218/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
9,781,006 records
Within the department: WO
Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General,...
You are currently looking at the series: WO 7
War Office and predecessors: Various Departmental Out-letters
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development. -
Record revealed
A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park
In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.