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Series
War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists
Catalogue reference: WO 65
What's it about?
WO 65
These official lists give the names of the officers of the several regiments with the dates of their commissions, etc. Lists have been officially posted up with manuscript corrections. For some years the list is in two volumes. In addition to...
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WO 65
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists
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Date (When the record was created)
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1754-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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These official lists give the names of the officers of the several regiments with the dates of their commissions, etc. Lists have been officially posted up with manuscript corrections. For some years the list is in two volumes.
In addition to the regular volumes there are special lists of the forces in North America (1783), of British American half-pay officers (1782-1783) and of foreign corps (1794-1802).
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For two other books of Army lists, 1739-1740 (Lists of Reduced Officers on Half Pay, in Gt Britain and Army List (British and Irish Est.), see ADM 96/143
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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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- 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)
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168 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format and microform only
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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/C14273/
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