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Series
War Office and Ministry of Defence: Confidential Print
Catalogue reference: WO 279
What's it about?
WO 279
Handbooks, manuals and memoranda printed for use within the War Office or by the Army, and not included in WO 33. They cover army manoeuvres in England, Scotland and Ireland, staff conferences, handbooks, manuals (including manuals of military...
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 279
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Ministry of Defence: Confidential Print
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Date (When the record was created)
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1874-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Handbooks, manuals and memoranda printed for use within the War Office or by the Army, and not included in WO 33. They cover army manoeuvres in England, Scotland and Ireland, staff conferences, handbooks, manuals (including manuals of military intelligence, 1946-1960) and other instructional material, and regulations.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Before 1946 the relevant registered file reference was indicated on the print but thereafter a numerical code was adopted for papers still in current use and for future issues.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related printed material see: WO 33
For papers in lettered series see: WO 287
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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)
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- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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881 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 1981 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it was common for documents to be printed for confidential distribution within the War Office, other military departments and among units. By the 1850s a sub-division of the Chief Clerk's Branch was responsible for such confidential printing and one or other branches of the Central Division of the War Office (C Branches) continued to deal with the printing, distribution and control of material until 1962 when the responsibility passed to one of the security branches.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14484/
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