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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: Army Casualty Lists, 1939-45 War
Catalogue reference: WO 417
What's it about?
WO 417
This series contains lists of casualties sustained by the British Army during the Second World War. There are volumes for officers/nurses, and separate volumes for other ranks. PLEASE NOTE: WO 417 piece numbers 1-102 inclusive: electronic images...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 417
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Army Casualty Lists, 1939-45 War
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains lists of casualties sustained by the British Army during the Second World War. There are volumes for officers/nurses, and separate volumes for other ranks.
PLEASE NOTE: WO 417 piece numbers 1-102 inclusive: electronic images of these records can be searched online through our partner website.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged chronologically by date of casualty.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also WO 361
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 102 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2014 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)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14541142/
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