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Series
War Office: Army Clothing Department: Register of Changes
Catalogue reference: WO 359
What's it about?
WO 359
Registers of the Army Clothing Department which record changes to army clothing. Each register contains an index.There is also a pattern book of badges for Volunteer Regiments.
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 359
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Army Clothing Department: Register of Changes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registers of the Army Clothing Department which record changes to army clothing. Each register contains an index.
There is also a pattern book of badges for Volunteer Regiments.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For submissions for Royal approval of dress,1805-1923, see WO 103
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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)
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- War Office, Army Clothing Department, 1857-1895
- War Office, Royal Army Clothing Department, 1895-1933
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Army Clothing Department moved to Pimlico in 1859. The department became the Royal Army Clothing Department in 1895 and ceased to exist in 1933.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14563/
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