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: Secretary's Standard Files
Catalogue reference: DEFE 32
What's it about?
DEFE 32
This series consists of files created to contain supplementary minutes, notes and memoranda of such sensitivity that they were excluded from the minutes of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
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 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Defence: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Secretary's Standard Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files created to contain supplementary minutes, notes and memoranda of such sensitivity that they were excluded from the minutes of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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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)
- SSF 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 31 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 1988 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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The secretary to the Chiefs of Staff Committee would normally be a Captain RN, Colonel or Group Captain
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5790/
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