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Series
War Office: Roll of Honour, Second World War
Catalogue reference: WO 304
What's it about?
WO 304
The Roll of Honour is a list of Army servicemen and servicewomen who died in the Second World War, 1939-1945. The list gives details of rank, regiment, place of birth and domicile (by town, county or country) and theatre or country where the...
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 304
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Roll of Honour, Second World War
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Date (When the record was created)
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1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Roll of Honour is a list of Army servicemen and servicewomen who died in the Second World War, 1939-1945. The list gives details of rank, regiment, place of birth and domicile (by town, county or country) and theatre or country where the fatal wound was sustained or death occurred. At the present time it is not known which section produced the records.
The information is in coded form. WO 304/1 is a key to the codes
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The Roll of Honour is arranged in two parts: pieces 2-21 arranged by regimental code, pieces 22-41 by surname in alphabetical order.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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41 papers
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A duplicate copy of the key to the codes may be found in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kews.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14508/
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