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War Office, predecessors and associated departments: Miscellaneous Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 30
What's it about?
WO 30
This series of miscellaneous papers deals with many aspects of the armed forces.Subjects include: conditions of service, letters of attorney, reports on many different subjects, circulars and regulations, claims for losses, clothing, courts...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office, predecessors and associated departments: Miscellaneous Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1684-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series of miscellaneous papers deals with many aspects of the armed forces.
Subjects include: conditions of service, letters of attorney, reports on many different subjects, circulars and regulations, claims for losses, clothing, courts martial, and troop accommodation.
Many papers are on specific subjects, as disparate as the Chartist Riots, Chelsea Royal Hospital, the Holland Expedition of 1799, the Hong Kong Regiment, Ireland, the Military Knights of Windsor, Newfoundland, the Royal Artillery, the Tower of London and the Waterloo prize list.
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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
- War Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 147 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1970 Ministry of Defence
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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/C14239/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: WO
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