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War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Military Intelligence, and predecessors:...
Catalogue reference: WO 106
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WO 106
Correspondence and papers of the Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence relating to various theatres of war including the First and Second World Wars, and to administration, defence and other problems in Europe, America, Africa and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 106
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Military Intelligence, and predecessors: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers of the Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence relating to various theatres of war including the First and Second World Wars, and to administration, defence and other problems in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. They are mostly of a later date than 1870.
The series also contains defence and operational plans from 1896 for all areas; out-letters of the Director of Military Operations, 1891 to 1893; in- and out-letters of the Director of Military Operations, 1910 to 1912; daily diaries of the Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, 1921 and 1923, and registers forming indexes to information on foreign countries, 1875 to 1886; papers of Lt General Sir George Macdonagh, Director of Military Intelligence, 1916 to 1918; and papers relating to India and the Baltic States between the Wars and to the Spanish Civil War. There are also notes and press cuttings and annual reports by military attachés.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Most of the series relates to topographical areas, but some pieces are subject based or touch on aspects of the work of the directorates involving several different parts of the world.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files of the tri-service Defence Intelligence Staff see DEFE 31
For the papers of Sir John Ardagh, Director of Military Intelligence, 1896 to 1901, see PRO 30/40
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some material was removed from files in this series to
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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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- War Department, Topographical Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, Directorate of Military Intelligence, 1915-1922
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, 1904-1922
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, 1943-1964
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, 1922-1939
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, 1939-1943
- War Office, Directorate of Plans, 1943-1964
- War Office, Intelligence Branch, 1873-1888
- War Office, Military Intelligence and Mobilization Department, 1901-1904
- War Office, Military Intelligence Division, 1888-1901
- War Office, Topographical Department, 1857-1873
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6402 boxes, files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2008 Ministry of Defence
from 1968 War Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is a selective places index in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew. Where possible, entries are made under individual countries or topographical regions. However, files dealing with broader areas are entered under more general headings.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14314/
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