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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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War Office: Baron Jeffrey Amherst, Commander in Chief: Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 34
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WO 34
The collection consists for the most part of official correspondence, monthly and weekly returns, marching orders, applications for commissions, order books, reports and plans collected by Jeffrey, Baron Amherst. This series originally comprised...
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WO 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Baron Jeffrey Amherst, Commander in Chief: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1712-1786
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection consists for the most part of official correspondence, monthly and weekly returns, marching orders, applications for commissions, order books, reports and plans collected by Jeffrey, Baron Amherst.
This series originally comprised 260 volumes. Two pieces have been added at the end to link to some digitised indexes. WO 34/261 contains the index for the volumes in WO 34/120-124. WO 34/262 contains the index for WO 34/125, WO 34/127 and WO 34/130.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Amherst, Jeffrey, 1717-1797
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262 volumes and papers
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The papers were presented to the War Office in 1923 by Earl Amherst.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A paper list and calendar are available at The National Archives (six volumes).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Jeffrey, Baron Amherst was Commander in Chief in America, 1758 to 1763, Governor of Virginia, 1763 to 1768, Governor of Guernsey, 1770 to 1797, and Commander in Chief at home, 1778 to 1782 and 1793 to 1795.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14243/
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