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: Army Medical Services: War Diaries, Second World War
Catalogue reference: WO 177
What's it about?
WO 177
This series consists of war diaries of the Army Medical Services during the Second World War, including material which would otherwise be found in the WO division: Records of Army medical services.Public access to this series was previously...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 177
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Army Medical Services: War Diaries, Second World War
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of war diaries of the Army Medical Services during the Second World War, including material which would otherwise be found in the WO division: Records of Army medical services.
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
This series is arranged in the order of directors, deputy directors and assistant directors of Army Medical Services of overseas commands, home forces, army groups, armies, British troops, corps, divisions, Parachute Brigade, and garrisons, followed by types of units in alphabetical order. In the case of small commands (e.g. Malta), units are included under the command heading. Special types of units, training centres, etc, if not in the miscellaneous section will be found under the command heading. For war diaries of dominion and colonial forces see piece numbers as follows: India (1928-2543), East Africa (2544-2675), West Africa (2676-2735), Sudan (2736-2749), West Indies (2750-2751), Fiji (2752-2754), and Ceylon (2755-2762).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2980 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/C14384/
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