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War Office and Ministry of Defence: Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical...
Catalogue reference: WO 362
What's it about?
WO 362
This series consists of annual reports for the Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment, Kidbrooke, giving an overview of its work and administration.
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 362
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Ministry of Defence: Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of annual reports for the Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment, Kidbrooke, giving an overview of its work and administration.
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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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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Inspectorate of Electrical and Mechanical Equipment reports are in SUPP 26
For Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment reports see WO 194
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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 Defence, Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment, 1964-1971
- War Office, Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment, 1962-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 68 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 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 Fighting Vehicles was transferred to the War Office in 1962 following the abolition of the Ministry of Supply in 1959 and its subsequent transfer to the Ministry of Aviation. It was redesignated the Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment (IFVME). With the formation of the Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive in 1971 the inspectorate was retitled Quality Assurance Directorate (Fighting Vehicles and Engineering Equipment) QAD(FE).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14566/
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