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War Office and successors: Proof and Experimental Establishments: Reports
Catalogue reference: WO 186
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WO 186
Trials reports, out-letter book, photographs, etc., of the Proof and Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, Essex and of the Trials Establishment Royal Artillery Ty Croes.
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- WO 186
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and successors: Proof and Experimental Establishments: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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Trials reports, out-letter book, photographs, etc., of the Proof and Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, Essex and of the Trials Establishment Royal Artillery Ty Croes.
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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)
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- Proof and Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, 1852-1995
- Trials Establishment Royal Artillery, Ty Croes, 1942-1958
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 302 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 1968 Ministry of Defence
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- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Land for an artillery range at Shoeburyness was first acquired in 1849 by the Board of Ordnance and added to in 1855. A School of Gunnery was established there in 1859 with both instructional and experimental functions. In 1905 the latter was assigned to a separate Proof and Experimental Establishment responsible for testing conventional weapons. In 1907 the Proof and Experimental Establishment became part of the Research Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14393/
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