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Judge Advocate General's Office: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 93
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WO 93
This series consists of miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the Judge Advocate General's Office, including several pieces relating to courts martial.The records in the series include: An index to the trials of officers, 1806 to...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 93
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Title (The name of the record)
- Judge Advocate General's Office: Miscellaneous Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1650-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the Judge Advocate General's Office, including several pieces relating to courts martial.
The records in the series include:
- An index to the trials of officers, 1806 to 1904;
- Alphabetical indexes to WO 91 and WO 92;
- A table of death sentences following court martial, 1941-1953;
- Nominal rolls of courts martial of all ranks of Australian and Canadian forces, 1915-1919;
- Papers relating to courts martial held in the PoW camp at Changi, Malaya, 1942-1944;
- Statistics of both Army and Air Force courts martial, 1914-1954;
- A minute book of the proceedings of the Board of General Officers, 1754 to 1758;
- A letter book of a board to inquire into statements respecting supplies for the British Army in the Crimea, 1856 and 1857;
- Salary and establishment returns, 1821-1835;
- Entry book of returns to the House of Commons and the Treasury as to salaries, pensions, fees, etc, in the Judge Advocate General's Office, and of correspondence 1769-1863 and 1907-1922;
- A seventeenth century precedent book, including short works by Cotton, Camden, and others;
- Proclamations and orders under martial law, 1916-1922;
- A volume of descriptions of court martial proceedings in several European countries and various articles of war.
The series includes material which would otherwise be found amongst the Records of the Board of General Officers and records relating to soldiers' clothing (WO).
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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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- Board of General Officers, 1706-1855
- 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)
- 68 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- Microfilm copies of some records in this series were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14301/
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