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Series
War Office and Associated Departments: Submissions for Royal Approval
Catalogue reference: WO 103
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WO 103
This series consists of submissions for royal approval made by the Commander-in- Chief, the Secretary of State for War and the Minister of Defence. The records originated in the Ordnance Office and War Office but were brought together in the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 103
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Associated Departments: Submissions for Royal Approval
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of submissions for royal approval made by the Commander-in- Chief, the Secretary of State for War and the Minister of Defence.
The records originated in the Ordnance Office and War Office but were brought together in the Ministry of Defence Library.
The series contains entry books, signed original submissions, and copies, for royal approval of commissions, promotions, appointments of officers, regimental establishments and troop movements, and rewards for meritorious service. From the end of the nineteenth century, submissions for individual appointments (at least in the surviving records) are replaced by block submissions. The source of the submissions is not always clear.
The regular practice of publishing commissions in the London Gazette is reflected in annotations to submissions from 1876.
The series includes a retrospective record of aides-de-camp to the sovereign since 1749.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Army Clothing Department registers see WO 359
For the warrants of approval subsequent to the submissions, and some miscellaneous submissions, see WO 370
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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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- Commander-in-Chief, 1795-1870
- Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant General, 1680-1870
- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- War Office, 1857-1964
- War Office, Commander-in-Chiefs Military Department, Adjutant General's Division, 1870-1895
- War Office, Military Department, Military Secretarys Division, 1870-1904
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 papers and volumes
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a key to the contents of the series in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14311/
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