General records of the War Office and predecessors and successor

Division within WO

1627-1985

General records of the War Office and predecessors and successors relating to various aspects of its duties for the administration of the armed forces.

Comprises:

• Correspondence and papers of the Secretary-at-War, WO 1, WO 40 and WO 43
• Registered correspondence, WO 32, WO 43 and WO 141
• Indexes to correspondence, WO 139 and WO 900
• Correspondence and papers relating to the First World War, WO 161
• Entry books of out-letters, WO 4 with indexes in WO 2
• Other entry books, WO 25, WO 26 and WO 30
• Out-letters of the Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, WO 6
• Various departmental out-letters, WO 7
• Personal files, WO 138
• Civilian personal files, WO 335
• Printed reports and papers including hand books and manuals in WO 33, WO 279 and WO 287
• Maps and plans, WO 78
• War diaries of War Office directorates for the Second World War, WO 165
• Minutes of directors' meetings, 1906 to 1913, WO 242
• Establishment papers, WO 24
• War Office: Military Intelligence section 9 (MI9), Escape and Evasion maps, Second World War, WO 418

Further correspondence of the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies relating to military matters is in

CO 323

Public Record(s)

English

28 series

Topics

Army

Conflict

Maps and plans

Intelligence

Diaries

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Operations, battles and campaigns