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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 Supply: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: AVIA 22
What's it about?
AVIA 22
Files of the Ministry of Supply which relate to functions not transferred to the War Office in 1959 and inherited by the Ministry of Aviation.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 22
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1933-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Ministry of Supply which relate to functions not transferred to the War Office in 1959 and inherited by the Ministry of Aviation.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series list is arranged by a code which corresponds to the primary element of the original departmental file number and represents a subject. So, for example, code 210 stands for Area Organisation, and code 234 stands for Guided Projectiles Research and Development. This code may be found as part of the former reference in the right hand of the list. For example, the first piece in the list has the former reference 200/ALL/456. The code is 200 which stands for the subject Central Priority Department.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other files in the 200 series are in: T 246
For further files in the 260, 314, 315 and 321 series see:
For further files in the 200 series see: BT 28 POWE 5 SUPP 14
For files relating to functions which were transferred to the War Office see WO 185
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files from this series covering functions transferred to the War Office in 1959 were re-registered in the Ministry of Supply branch registry files in
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Supply, 1939-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3337 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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/C2602/
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Ministry of Supply: Registered Files
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