Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
War Office: Fortifications Branch and successors: Unregistered Records
Catalogue reference: WO 396
What's it about?
WO 396
This series contains reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, papers and copies of correspondence, of the Defence Committee (later the Naval and Military Defence Committee), 1870-1889 and the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers Works Committee,...
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 396
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Fortifications Branch and successors: Unregistered Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1830-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, papers and copies of correspondence, of the Defence Committee (later the Naval and Military Defence Committee), 1870-1889 and the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers Works Committee, 1884-1896, which reported to the Naval and Military Defence Committee. Records relate to the construction, maintenance and armament etc of naval/coastal defences, including forts, coastal and shore artillery batteries etc.
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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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- Commander-in-Chief, Military Department, Works Division, 1887-1895
- War Office, Works Department, 1895-1904
- War Office, Works Division, 1870-1887
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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110 volume(s)
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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 unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1995 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)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14600/
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