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Judge Advocate General's Office: General Courts Martial Registers, Abroad
Catalogue reference: WO 90
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WO 90
This series comprises registers from the Judge Advocate General's Office of general courts martial confirmed abroad from the end of the eighteenth century.The registers of charges give, in tabulated form, the name, rank and regiment of each...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 90
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Title (The name of the record)
- Judge Advocate General's Office: General Courts Martial Registers, Abroad
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises registers from the Judge Advocate General's Office of general courts martial confirmed abroad from the end of the eighteenth century.
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, and cover trials of both officers and other ranks. A more summary register (piece 5) lists general courts martial, 1779-1795, but before 1786 gives the names of those tried only if they were officers.
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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)
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- Judge Advocate Generals Office, 1660-1905
- 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)
- 9 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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/C14298/
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