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Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, Home and Abroad
Catalogue reference: WO 86
What's it about?
WO 86
This series comprises registers of district court martial at home and abroad from the Judge Advocate General's Office, from the institution of district courts martial in 1829. These district courts martial tried only non-commissioned officers and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 86
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Title (The name of the record)
- Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, Home and Abroad
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Date (When the record was created)
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1829-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises registers of district court martial at home and abroad from the Judge Advocate General's Office, from the institution of district courts martial in 1829. These district courts martial tried only non-commissioned officers and other ranks.
The registers of charges give, in tabulated form, the name, rank and regiment of each prisoner, place of trial, nature of the charge and sentence.
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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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- Judge Advocate Generals Office, 1660-1905
- Lord Chancellor's Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces, 1972-1972
- Lord Chancellor's Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces, 1948-1972
- War Office, Judge Advocate Generals Office, 1905-1923
- War Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1923-1935
- War Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces, 1935-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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124 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14294/
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