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War Office: Adjutant General's Department: Strength Returns of the Army
Catalogue reference: WO 114
What's it about?
WO 114
Printed monthly, weekly and annual returns by the Adjutant General giving numbers of rank and file of the British army at home and abroad, 1890 to 1913; British army and Dominion contingents in the British Isles, 1914 to 1920; the territorial...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 114
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Adjutant General's Department: Strength Returns of the Army
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Printed monthly, weekly and annual returns by the Adjutant General giving numbers of rank and file of the British army at home and abroad, 1890 to 1913; British army and Dominion contingents in the British Isles, 1914 to 1920; the territorial force at home, 1914 to 1920, and abroad, 1914 to 1917; and a return showing headquarters of units and outlying drill stations of the territorial force, 1913.
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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)
- War Office, Adjutant General's Department, 1870-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 115 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14322/
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