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War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Distinguished Conduct...
Catalogue reference: WO 391
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WO 391
The methods of keeping the register have varied, but since the outbreak of the First World War have relied on extracts from the London Gazette pasted into specially made volumes. The announcements relating to the First World War have been taken...
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WO 391
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Distinguished Conduct Medal Register
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Date (When the record was created)
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1854-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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The methods of keeping the register have varied, but since the outbreak of the First World War have relied on extracts from the London Gazette pasted into specially made volumes.
The announcements relating to the First World War have been taken from 'advance copies' of the London Gazette and contain some information on units which was removed for security reasons before publication. Manuscript annotations record, in a large number of cases between 1914 and 1918, the date and place of the action for which the award was made.
Please Note: Some Gazettes also include entries for awards of Victoria Cross.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Commander-in-Chief, Military Secretary, 1795-1870
- War Office, Military Department, Military Secretarys Division, 1870-1904
- War Office, Military Secretary, 1904-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The series contains indexes of recipients by name and regiment for the period from the institution of the award in 1854 to 1908.
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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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In common with those for other decorations intended primarily for award to the land forces, the royal warrant for the Distinguished Conduct Medal, instituted in 1854, requires that a register of those upon whom the award is conferred shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of State for War. The duty of maintaining the register has fallen, at least during and since the First World War, to the Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch (MS3, later MSlb).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14595/
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