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Series
War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials,...
Catalogue reference: WO 156
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WO 156
This series comprises a miscellaneous collection of registers of baptisms, confirmations, deaths, burials, and marriage (including banns) which were kept at various garrisons in the British Isles and at British garrisons overseas.
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 156
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials, and Marriage
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Date (When the record was created)
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1808-2015
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises a miscellaneous collection of registers of baptisms, confirmations, deaths, burials, and marriage (including banns) which were kept at various garrisons in the British Isles and at British garrisons overseas.
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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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- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- Secretary-at-War, Chaplain General, 1796-1855
- War Department, Permanent Under Secretary, Chaplain General, 1855-1857
- War Office, Adjutant General, Chaplain General, 1895-1904
- War Office, Civil Member, 1904-1908
- War Office, Commander-in-Chief, Chaplain General, 1870-1904
- War Office, Department of the Permanent Under Secretary, 1924-1964
- War Office, Department of the Secretary, 1908-1924
- War Office, Permanent Under Secretary, Chaplain General, 1857-1870
- War Office, Quartermaster General, Chaplain General, 1895-1904
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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712 volume(s)
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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 1967 Ministry of Defence
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Army Chaplains' Department (AChD) was formed by Royal Warrant of 23 September 1796. Previously chaplains had been part of individual regiments, but not on the central establishment. Only Anglican chaplains were recruited until 1827, when Presbyterians were recognised, but not commissioned until 1858. Roman Catholic chaplains were recruited from 1836, Methodist chaplains from 1881, and Jewish chaplains from 1892. During the First World War some 4,400 Army Chaplains were recruited and 179 lost their lives on active service. The Department received the"Royal" prefix in February 1919. During the Second World War another 96 British and 38 Commonwealth Army Chaplains lost their lives. This series comprises a miscellaneous collection of registers of baptisms, confirmations, deaths, burials, and marriage (including banns) which were kept at various garrisons in the British Isles and at British garrisons overseas.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14363/
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