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War Office: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War: Private Office...
Catalogue reference: WO 159
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WO 159
The papers in this series originated in the Private Office of Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War from 5th August, 1914 until his death on 5th June, 1916.The papers were put together by his private secretary at that time, Mr. H. J....
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WO 159
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War: Private Office Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1916
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers in this series originated in the Private Office of Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War from 5th August, 1914 until his death on 5th June, 1916.
The papers were put together by his private secretary at that time, Mr. H. J. Creedy (later Sir Herbert Creedy, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War) and have been known as the "Creedy Papers".
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some official papers dating from Lord Kitchener's period of office as Secretary of State are in
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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)
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 1850-1916
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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23 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14366/
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