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Discrepancy Book. Adjustments made to the accounts of the Army Works Corps as a result...
Catalogue reference: WO 28/257
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This record is about the Discrepancy Book. Adjustments made to the accounts of the Army Works Corps as a result... dating from 1855 July 28-1856 July 26 in the series War Office: Records of Military Headquarters. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855 July 28-1856 July 26
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Discrepancy Book.
- Adjustments made to the accounts of the Army Works Corps as a result of discrepancies.
- The book is in the form of credits (left hand page) and debits (right hand page) to the main account. The credits relate to overpayments in wages and allotments made in England that had not been deducted in the Crimea pay books due to the advice of a change in circumstances not having arrived in time to stop the payment. The debits relate to wages and allotments that were due but had not paid. In most cases the reasons for both were either death or desertion.
- There are separate pages for Officers and for the Commissariat Branch.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2208867/
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War Office: Records of Military Headquarters
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