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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 and predecessor and successor: Registers of Deputy Lieutenants' Appointments
Catalogue reference: WO 280
What's it about?
WO 280
This series consists of bound manuscript volumes from the Ministry of Defence and its predecessors which give details of the appointment of Deputy Lieutenants in each county of Great Britain, together with date gazetted, date of commission and...
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WO 280
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and predecessor and successor: Registers of Deputy Lieutenants' Appointments
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Date (When the record was created)
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1843-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of bound manuscript volumes from the Ministry of Defence and its predecessors which give details of the appointment of Deputy Lieutenants in each county of Great Britain, together with date gazetted, date of commission and subsequent resignation or death.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Not all columns in teh volumes were completed and the covering dates in the list are therefore approximate. In some cases, information was transferred from one volume to another which appears to account for the overlap in dates between registers covering the same counties.
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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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12 volume(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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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/C14485/
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