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WO 76. Rifle Brigade (2nd Batn)
Catalogue reference: WO 76/277
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This record is about the WO 76. Rifle Brigade (2nd Batn) dating from 1843 - 1892 in the series War Office: Records of Officers' Services. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 76/277
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843 - 1892
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Description (What the record is about)
- WO 76. Rifle Brigade (2nd Batn)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Descriptions relating to individuals have been created using information from a nominal card index relating to Army Officers' service compiled in the 1980s, which is not comprehensive and may contain some errors
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The item numbers in this piece equate to individual officers' case numbers on the original nominal card index cards used for creating the item descriptions in this series; as a result they are not necessarily consecutive and there may be gaps in the numerical sequence.
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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/C178297/
Series information
WO 76
War Office: Records of Officers' Services
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