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War Office and predecessors: Royal Military Academy Woolwich: Registers of Cadets
Catalogue reference: WO 149
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This record is about the War Office and predecessors: Royal Military Academy Woolwich: Registers of Cadets dating from 1790-1939.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 149
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and predecessors: Royal Military Academy Woolwich: Registers of Cadets
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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These registers of the Royal Military Academy are held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Archives (Sandhurst Collection)
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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)
- Royal Military Academy, 1764-1939
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 75 year closure
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1939 the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, together with the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, became the Officer Cadets Training Unit, Sandhurst.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14356/
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