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Series
War Office: Army Purchase Commission: Records
Catalogue reference: WO 74
What's it about?
WO 74
The records in this series consist of the following: Officers' papers, 1871 to 1891: original applications from officers of the British and Indian establishment, with certificates of services annexed, related correspondence, memoranda as 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)
- WO 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Army Purchase Commission: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1758-1908
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series consist of the following:
- Officers' papers, 1871 to 1891: original applications from officers of the British and Indian establishment, with certificates of services annexed, related correspondence, memoranda as to the sums awarded, etc.
- Registers of service and estimated value of commissions: these set out under each regiment the name of every officer holding a commission on 1 November 1871, the date of his commission, with notes as to his retirement, the sum he received thereon, etc; there is a separate volume for officers on half pay.
- Awards to officers on retirement, 1886 to 1895.
- Accounts, 1874 to 1878, relating to officers of the Indian establishment.
- Minutes, 1887 to 1901.
- Rough notes of proceedings of the commissioners.
- Compensation awards, 1871 to 1902.
- Indian Army compensation, 1758 to 1897.
- Miscellaneous papers, 1867 to 1908.
The dates attributed to WO 74/1-176 are provisional only.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The officers' papers, 1871 to 1891, are arranged in chronological order of receipt.
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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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- 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)
- 194 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/C14282/
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