Record revealed
Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development.
Series
Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Minutes
Catalogue reference: DEFE 4
What's it about?
DEFE 4
This series consists of the minutes of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and also contains some reports of the Defence Planning Staff. Selected records (DEFE 4/253-279) within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and also contains some reports of the Defence Planning Staff.
Selected records (DEFE 4/253-279) within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arrangement is by former volume reference, the volumes having a chronological arrangement.The organisation of the original bound volumes is occasionally found to differ from the way in which the photocopies were presented and piece numbered; as far as possible piece numbers have been maintained and any discrepancy between the bound volumes and the photocopies is indicated in the list.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also Records of the Chief of the (Imperial) General Staff and its directorates:
Pre-1947 minutes are in CAB 79
Pre-1969 reports of the Defence Planning Staff DEFE 6
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Originals held at (The organisation that holds the original record)
- Ministry of Defence holds originals of some pieces.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 294 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1980 Ministry of Defence
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Series began in 1947
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5762/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
68,016 records
Within the department: DEFE
Records of the Ministry of Defence
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Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Minutes
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