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: Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 23
What's it about?
DEFE 23
Registered files in the D/PUS series concerning the wide range of subjects dealt with by the professional head of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence. They include a number of files on the Committee on the Civil Service 1966-1968 (the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence: Registered Files (D/PUS and PUS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1956-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files in the D/PUS series concerning the wide range of subjects dealt with by the professional head of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence. They include a number of files on the Committee on the Civil Service 1966-1968 (the Fulton Committee) of which Sir James Dunnett was a member.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Papers of the Committee on Civil Service are in BA 1
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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)
- D/PUS and PUS file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Defence, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 433 file(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 1995 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Under the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964, the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry were absorbed into an enlarged Ministry of Defence under a Secretary of State for Defence from 1 April 1964. As a result, the post of Permanent Under Secretary of State (PUS) for Defence was created. The PUS was the professional head of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence and also a member of the Defence Council. The first PUS was Sir Henry Hardman, who had previously served as Permanent Secretary to the Minister of Defence and was succeeded as follows:-
Sir Henry Hardman 1964-1966Sir James Dunnett 1966-1974Sir Michael Cary 1974-1976Sir Frank Cooper 1976-1982Sir Clive Whitmore 1983-1988Sir Michael Quinlan 1988-1992Sir Christopher France 1992 onwards
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5781/
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