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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: Records of Officers' Services
Catalogue reference: WO 76
What's it about?
WO 76
This series comprises records of officers' services. The records give the different ranks held by the officer and his services, together with certain personal particulars. The dates listed for the series overlap and may not be reliable. The...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 76
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Records of Officers' Services
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Date (When the record was created)
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1764-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises records of officers' services. The records give the different ranks held by the officer and his services, together with certain personal particulars. The dates listed for the series overlap and may not be reliable.
The series includes services of Royal Artillery officers, 1771 to 1870, and one volume of returns made in 1861 by officers of the Indian Army (Artillery).
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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A cataloguing project started in Summer 2020 to correct and complete descriptions previously added to the catalogue from an incomplete nominal card index.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Pieces 1-379 are arranged and grouped by regimental record office, with pieces 380-533 similarly arranged by units as brigaded in 1962. Pieces 534-554 are listed in order of regimental precedence.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For First World War officers' services see WO 339
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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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554 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 only
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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This series was transferred from regimental record offices.
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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/C14284/
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