Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
War Office: Papers of Various Private Collections
Catalogue reference: WO 79
What's it about?
WO 79
These records consist of certain small collections of papers including: a few musters, 1709 to 1743; records of Militia, fencible and Volunteer units, 1797 to 1819; records of the Paymaster General, 1762 and 1795 to 1851; records relating to 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 79
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Papers of Various Private Collections
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Date (When the record was created)
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1709-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records consist of certain small collections of papers including: a few musters, 1709 to 1743; records of Militia, fencible and Volunteer units, 1797 to 1819; records of the Paymaster General, 1762 and 1795 to 1851; records relating to the garrison of Colchester Barracks, 1796 to 1823; records of the Connaught Rangers and Galway and Roscommon Militias, 1793 to 1919; papers of Field Marshal Earl Cavan, 1916 to 1937; papers of Sir Stanley Von Donop as master general of the ordnance; and maps and other papers of Sir William Thomson relating to campaigns in Mesopotamia, Russia, Salonika and India, 1915-1923.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other papers of the Earl of Cavan see WO 216
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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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- Donop, Stanley Brenton, 1860-1941
- Lambart, Frederick Rudolph, 1865-1946
- Thomson, William Montgomerie, 1877-1963
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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106 papers, flat sheets and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A key to the former references is available with the paper list in the Reader Enquiry Room, Public Record Office, Kew.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14287/
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War Office: Papers of Various Private Collections
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