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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, London
Catalogue reference: WO 87
What's it about?
WO 87
This series consists of a single district court martial register for the London area.The register gives the name, rank and regiment of each prisoner, place of trial, nature of the charge and sentence.
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 87
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Title (The name of the record)
- Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, London
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of a single district court martial register for the London area.
The register gives 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)
- 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)
- Judge Advocate Generals Office, 1660-1905
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 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/C14295/
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Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, London
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