Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Ministry of Defence (Army): Registered Files and Branch Folders
Catalogue reference: DEFE 70
What's it about?
DEFE 70
This series contains registered files and branch folders created and used by branches within the Army departments of the unified Ministry of Defence. There may be some overlaps from the years preceding unification (1964), where functions were...
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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DEFE 70
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Title (The name of the record)
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Ministry of Defence (Army): Registered Files and Branch Folders
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Date (When the record was created)
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1932-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files and branch folders created and used by branches within the Army departments of the unified Ministry of Defence. There may be some overlaps from the years preceding unification (1964), where functions were carried forward beyond that unification.
Some branches have dedicated series - see below.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files of War Office branches WO 32
Files of Defence Secretariat branches DEFE 24
Files of the War Office Central Department (C2) WO 296
Files and folders from pre-unification MOD DEFE 7
Ministry of Supply functions passed to War Office WO 286
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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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- Ministry of Defence, Army Department, 1964-1964
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3440 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2004 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/C15935/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
68,016 records
Within the department: DEFE
Records of the Ministry of Defence
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Ministry of Defence (Army): Registered Files and Branch Folders
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