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Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Series
War Office: Entry Books of Warrants, Regulations and Precedents
Catalogue reference: WO 26
What's it about?
WO 26
Entry books from the office of the Secretary-at-War of royal warrants countersigned by the Secretary-at-War relating to the formation, recruitment and disbandment of regiments and companies, and for the assignment of moneys for various military...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Entry Books of Warrants, Regulations and Precedents
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1670-1817
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books from the office of the Secretary-at-War of royal warrants countersigned by the Secretary-at-War relating to the formation, recruitment and disbandment of regiments and companies, and for the assignment of moneys for various military purposes; of regulations made by the Board of General Officers for the clothing of the forces; and of letters and reports to the Secretary-at-War serving as precedents.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The entries, particularly for the earlier period, do not appear to have been made with any regularity, and there is some overlapping in dates of the volumes.
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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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- Board of General Officers, 1706-1855
- Secretary-at-War, 1660-1855
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 42 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14235/
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