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 Committees and Sub-Committees: Minutes and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: DEFE 8
What's it about?
DEFE 8
This series contains minutes and memoranda of committees and sub-committees reporting to the Chiefs of Staff
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 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committees and Sub-Committees: Minutes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes and memoranda of committees and sub-committees reporting to the Chiefs of Staff
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological within original subject classifications
The photocopies of the records of the Air Defence (AD file series) and Staff (S file series) sub-committees were originally transferred to form two bound volumes, representing the condition of the original records, as DEFE 8/53-54.
Because the copies were originally bound up incorrectly, the later part of the AD file series being bound with the S file series, the opportunity has been taken in rebinding to split the volumes up, in order to permit public access to the annual sections of the records, as they become thirty years old. DEFE 8/53 and the part of DEFE 8/54 containing AD records now form DEFE 8/55-62 and the remainder of the original DEFE 8/54 now forms DEFE 8/63
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier papers of the Chiefs of Staff committees and sub-committees see CAB 81
For certain papers of the Maritime Air Committee, Tactical Concealment Committee, Biological Warfare Committee and Chemical Warfare Sub-Committees see DEFE 10
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ACS, AD, MA and S file series
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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)
- 78 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 1981 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1947-1954
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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/C5766/
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 Committees and Sub-Committees: Minutes and Memoranda
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