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Series
War Office: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers, First World War
Catalogue reference: WO 161
What's it about?
WO 161
This series contains various papers concerning the War of 1914-1918 (some of later date), including files of the Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO), the Director of Supplies and Transport (DST), the Director of Medical Services (DMS), the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 161
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers, First World War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains various papers concerning the War of 1914-1918 (some of later date), including files of the Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO), the Director of Supplies and Transport (DST), the Director of Medical Services (DMS), the Director of Army Priority and the Director of Fortifications and Works (largely in Egypt and Palestine).
Also included are papers of the Committee on the Treatment of British Prisoners of War, reports and assessments of German manpower and casualties, unit etc histories and narratives of operations.
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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, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 117 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1966 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)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14368/
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