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Office of the Commander-in-Chief and War Office: Adjutant General and Army Council:...
Catalogue reference: WO 27
What's it about?
WO 27
These chiefly consist of completed inspection forms returned to the Adjutant General and, from 1904, to the Army Council, giving a general report on the condition of each regiment, the numbers of the men, the names of officers present and absent;...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Commander-in-Chief and War Office: Adjutant General and Army Council: Inspection Returns
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Date (When the record was created)
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1750-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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These chiefly consist of completed inspection forms returned to the Adjutant General and, from 1904, to the Army Council, giving a general report on the condition of each regiment, the numbers of the men, the names of officers present and absent; with confidential reports and reports on the efficiency of the Army and defences.
A large number of these inspection returns contain abstracts of regimental courts martial.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Monthly Returns to the Adjutant General are in WO 17
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Commander-in-Chief, 1795-1870
- War Office, Army Council, 1904-1964
- War Office, Commander-in-Chief, 1870-1904
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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511 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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/C14236/
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