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Series
Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, India
Catalogue reference: WO 88
What's it about?
WO 88
This series comprises registers of district courts martial in India from the Judge Advocate General's Office. These district courts martial tried only non-commissioned officers and other ranks.The registers of charges give, in tabulated form, the...
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WO 88
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Title (The name of the record)
- Judge Advocate General's Office: District Courts Martial Registers, India
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Date (When the record was created)
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1878-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises registers of district courts martial in India from the Judge Advocate General's Office. 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. The registers cover the period 1878 to the end of the Second World War, with some twentieth century gaps.
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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
- 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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7 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14296/
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