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Series
War Office and Ministry of Defence: Inspectorate of Armaments: Reports
Catalogue reference: WO 360
What's it about?
WO 360
This series consists of annual reports for the Inspectorate of Armaments based in Woolwich, which give an overview of its work and administration. There is also a report on the work of the Foulness Island test centre.
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 360
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Ministry of Defence: Inspectorate of Armaments: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of annual reports for the Inspectorate of Armaments based in Woolwich, which give an overview of its work and administration. There is also a report on the work of the Foulness Island test centre.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological 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)
- 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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- Ministry of Aviation, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1954-1962
- Ministry of Defence, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1964-1970
- Ministry of Supply, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1958-1959
- War Office, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1962-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 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)
- 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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The Inspectorate of Armaments was one of the four re-organised inspectorates in the Inspection Division of the Ministry of Supply in 1958/1959 and this division continued with the transformation of the Ministry of Supply into the Ministry of Aviation in 1959. In 1962 the Inspectorate was transferred to the War Office together with the Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment. In 1964 the Inspectorate became part of the unified Ministry of Defence. Following the Raby report of 1969, it was renamed the Quality Assurance Directorate (Weapons) QAD(W) in 1970.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14564/
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