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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: Army Ordnance Corps: Orders and Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 111
What's it about?
WO 111
These include the monthly Orders of the Corps, 1901 to 1911, which give particulars of recruitments, promotions, awards, transfers, deaths, discharges, courts martial, etc, occurring during each period; and two volumes forming a record of events...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 111
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Army Ordnance Corps: Orders and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1901-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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These include the monthly Orders of the Corps, 1901 to 1911, which give particulars of recruitments, promotions, awards, transfers, deaths, discharges, courts martial, etc, occurring during each period; and two volumes forming a record of events between 1905 and 1919, compiled by the Commanding Officer at Woolwich.
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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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- Army, 1660-1660
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 volume(s)
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1970 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)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14319/
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