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Special reports on camp equipment, personnel and procedures. The majority of these...
Catalogue reference: WO 28/373
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This record is about the Special reports on camp equipment, personnel and procedures. The majority of these... dating from 1854 May 26- 1856 June 4 in the series War Office: Records of Military Headquarters. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 28/373
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854 May 26- 1856 June 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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Special reports on camp equipment, personnel and procedures. The majority of these reports contain proceedings of Boards of Enquiry, divisional and individual reports and correspondence. These relate to:
- Torrens' and Woods' camp kettles
- Felt for roofing huts
- Soyer's field stove and soup kitchens
- Shoeing and veterinary attendance of horses
- Stoves, boilers and camp kettles
- Drivers for the Land Transport Corps taken from the ranks
- Forage, winter clothing and hutted accommodation
- Cavalry horseshoes
- Camp equipment
- Fuel
- Injuries to horses transported by SS 'Dodo'
- Linseed as fodder for horses
- Issue of tea or coffee to the troops
- Captain Swinton's corn crushing machine
- Men's messing in the field
- Patent felt blankets
- Onion's dubbin
- Waterproof clothing
- Boots
- Clothing and camp equipment
- Corps of Farriers
- Roadmaking
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- files and bundles of files
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4853636/
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WO 28
War Office: Records of Military Headquarters
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