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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
Commander-in-Chief and War Office: Adjutant General's Department: Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 162
What's it about?
WO 162
Unregistered papers of the Adjutant General relating to organisation, mobilisation and recruitment; women's services; medical arrangements for and casualty statistics and papers of various military actions; prisoners of war; coronation...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 162
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commander-in-Chief and War Office: Adjutant General's Department: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1715-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Unregistered papers of the Adjutant General relating to organisation, mobilisation and recruitment; women's services; medical arrangements for and casualty statistics and papers of various military actions; prisoners of war; coronation arrangements; medals; Wellington College; the Committee on Drafts for India and the Colonies; and the death of the Prince Imperial in the 1879 Zulu War.
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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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- Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant General's Department, 1701-1870
- War Office, Adjutant General's Department, 1870-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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383 files and volumes
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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 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)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14369/
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