Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
War Office: British Forces, Various Smaller Theatres: War Diaries, Second World War
Catalogue reference: WO 176
What's it about?
WO 176
These diaries contain the daily record of events, reports on operations, intelligence summaries, etc, of commanders of headquarters, garrisons and units of the British Army overseas in commands other than the main theatres.Public access to this...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 176
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: British Forces, Various Smaller Theatres: War Diaries, Second World War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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These diaries contain the daily record of events, reports on operations, intelligence summaries, etc, of commanders of headquarters, garrisons and units of the British Army overseas in commands other than the main theatres.
Public access to this series was previously restricted in that readers were required to sign an undertaking note not to disclose information of a personal nature.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arrangement is by countries alphabetically as follows: Azores, pieces 1-7; Barbados, 8; Bermuda, 9-11; British Honduras, 12; Caribbean, 13-59; Falkland Islands, 60-72; Faroe Islands, 73-102; Fiji, 103-154; Gibraltar, 155-285; St Helena, 286; Iceland, 287-375; Leeward Islands, 376-377; Malta, 395-396; Manila, 378; Mauritius, 379-390; Russia, 391-394.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 396 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14383/
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