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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
War Office and successors: Signals Experimental Establishment, later Signals Research...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 23
What's it about?
AVIA 23
Reports of the Signals Experimental Establishment of the War Office and Ministry of Supply and the Signals Research and Development Establishment of the latter.
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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AVIA 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and successors: Signals Experimental Establishment, later Signals Research and Development Establishment: Reports, Technical Notes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports of the Signals Experimental Establishment of the War Office and Ministry of Supply and the Signals Research and Development Establishment of the latter.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The numerical sequence in use since their inception was continued after the Establishment's name was changed in 1941.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1157 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 1968 Ministry of Aviation
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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/C2603/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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War Office and successors: Signals Experimental Establishment, later Signals Research and Development Establishment: Reports, Technical Notes and Memoranda
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