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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: Directorate of Signals: Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 244
What's it about?
WO 244
Unregistered papers of the directorate, mostly relating to particular operations, including Operation Overlord and the crossing of the Rhine, and to particular countries, during the Second World War.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 244
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Directorate of Signals: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1936-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Unregistered papers of the directorate, mostly relating to particular operations, including Operation Overlord and the crossing of the Rhine, and to particular countries, during the Second World War.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Defence Signals Staff registered files in DEFE 26
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, Directorate of Signals, 1941-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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165 files and papers
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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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A Directorate of Signals was formed in January 1941 as part of the Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff and was responsible for signal equipment, signal planning, cipher policy and security, field force and line equipment, wireless services and the Army Pigeon Service.
The Director of Signals represented the War Office on the Imperial Communications Committee, Wireless Telegraphy Board, London Communications Committee and the Defence Services Line Telecommunications Board.
In 1955 the Director was re-designated Signal Officer-in-Chief, and a new Director of Telecommunications was appointed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14450/
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