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Series
Ordnance Office and War Office: Warrants of Royal Approval
Catalogue reference: WO 370
What's it about?
WO 370
This series comprises warrants of royal approval, mostly in bound volumes, originating in the Ordnance Office until about 1860, and the War Office, but brought together in the Ministry of Defence library. They relate to pay and promotions,...
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 370
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Office and War Office: Warrants of Royal Approval
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises warrants of royal approval, mostly in bound volumes, originating in the Ordnance Office until about 1860, and the War Office, but brought together in the Ministry of Defence library. They relate to pay and promotions, patterns (of dress and equipment), arms, and augmentations (i.e. increases in regimental etc. numbers).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Entries in earlier volumes are numbered, but this practice appears to have been gradually dropped.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the warrants for which this series is a continuation see WO 55
For related submissions 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)
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ordnance Office, 1683-1855
- War Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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47 files, papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14574/
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