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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: War Diaries (Supplementary), First World War
Catalogue reference: WO 154
What's it about?
WO 154
These diaries and extracts contain the daily records of events, reports on operations, intelligence summaries, etc of headquarters, army, corps, divisional, regimental and other commanders, including those of colonial contingents, in all theatres...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 154
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: War Diaries (Supplementary), First World War
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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These diaries and extracts contain the daily records of events, reports on operations, intelligence summaries, etc of headquarters, army, corps, divisional, regimental and other commanders, including those of colonial contingents, in all theatres of war during the war of 1914-1918.
This series used to be closed for 75 years, although access was granted to readers who signed an undertaking not to disclose names or sensitive material from the records. However the whole series is now open and an undertaking is no longer required.
This series of diaries or extracts has been transferred from the main series of war diaries (WO 95).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is arranged by theatres of war and within each theatre by headquarters, armies, corps, divisions and lines of communication troops.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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342 file(s)
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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)
- Two keys to this series are in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew. The first is a key to the original WO 95 references of pieces in this series. The second is a key to the arrangement of the records. Please speak to staff at the enquiries desk.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14361/
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War Office: War Diaries (Supplementary), First World War
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