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Series
War Office and predecessors: Records of Militia Regiments
Catalogue reference: WO 68
What's it about?
WO 68
Records of Militia regiments in Great Britain and Ireland from the War Office and its predecessor.The volumes consist of the following: enrolment books; description books; pay lists and other nominal rolls of the men; returns of officers'...
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WO 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and predecessors: Records of Militia Regiments
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Date (When the record was created)
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1759-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of Militia regiments in Great Britain and Ireland from the War Office and its predecessor.
The volumes consist of the following: enrolment books; description books; pay lists and other nominal rolls of the men; returns of officers' services similar to those in other series; order books, general and regimental; original correspondence and entry books; casualty books; weekly states, monthly returns, etc., giving statistical particulars; digests of regimental services and regimental histories; courts martial books; and registers of marriages, births and baptisms.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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568 volume(s)
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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/C14276/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
9,781,006 records
Within the department: WO
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