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Series
Ordnance Office, Military Branch, and War Office: Royal Artillery Records of Service...
Catalogue reference: WO 69
What's it about?
WO 69
These records of non-commissioned officers and men include description books; records of service, including original attestation papers; registers of marriages and baptisms; registers of deceased soldiers; some records of transfer of men to the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 69
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Office, Military Branch, and War Office: Royal Artillery Records of Service and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1755-1917
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records of non-commissioned officers and men include description books; records of service, including original attestation papers; registers of marriages and baptisms; registers of deceased soldiers; some records of transfer of men to the Army Reserve, etc; pension registers; description book of the Royal Irish Artillery, 1756 to 1774; and miscellaneous correspondence.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Catalogue entries for this series have been enhanced as part of a project supported by the Friends of The National Archives, 2008-2013.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Only 314 volumes are now held in WO 69. The remaining items, chiefly records of services of non-effectives, WO 69 (20-61 and 178-550), were transferred to Chelsea Hospital in 1923 and are believed to have been destroyed during the Second World War.
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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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- Ordnance Office, Military Branch, 1683-1855
- 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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905 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/C14277/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
9,781,006 records
Within the department: WO
Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General,...
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