Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: Medical Historians' Papers: First and Second World Wars
Catalogue reference: WO 222
What's it about?
WO 222
The series consists of files sent to the Medical Historian for information, of contributions prepared by senior medical staff, and of the Deputy Director of Medical Services; quarterly returns and reports made to the Medical Historian; and some...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 222
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Medical Historians' Papers: First and Second World Wars
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series consists of files sent to the Medical Historian for information, of contributions prepared by senior medical staff, and of the Deputy Director of Medical Services; quarterly returns and reports made to the Medical Historian; and some files relating to Army nurses and the nursing establishment. The papers were collected for use in compiling the Army contribution to the UK Medical Series of the History of the Second World War.
The files deal with both administrative and clinical matters and give an account of the activities of individual medical units in all theatres of operations.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related registers and papers concerning Second World War allied prisoners of war hospitals in Thailand and Burma see WO 347
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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)
- War Office, Directorate of Army Medical Services, 1904-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2153 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1973 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14428/
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