Appointments Departments. AD.

These files contain correspondence with professional organisations and correspondence and papers on prospects overseas, land settlement, and grants, etc.

All DRAX files are in LAB 2/1521 LAB 2/1521

Most of the papers of the Appointments Department and the DR series are in LAB 2/1498-1521: LAB 2/1498

The history of the Professional and Business Register can be found in LAB 2/1492/ED19805/3/1917 and LAB 2/242/ED28012/3/1917, and memoranda on the origin and work of the Appointments Department are in LAB 2/1515/DRA116/1918 and LAB 2/1517/DRA131/2 & 21: LAB 2/1492/ED19805/3/1917 LAB 2/242/ED28012/3/1917 LAB 2/1515/DRA116/1918 LAB 2/1517/DRA131/2/1918 LAB 2/1517/DRA131/21/1918

See also LAB 7/26-28:

All DRAY files are in LAB 2/1500-1502: LAB 2/1500

This department was formed in April 1918, by the amalgamation of the Officers' University and Technical Training Classes, set up by the Ministry of Munitions to train convalescent officers, and the Professional and Business Register of the Employment Department of the Ministry of Labour. It continued until 1925, and from 1920 to 1925 was merged with the Civil Liabilities Department.

The Department dealt with the resettlement of ex-officers and other ranks and civilians with similar educational, professional, or commercial qualifications or attainments. Later it administered the scheme to provide opportunities for higher education and training to replenish losses caused by the war. The department was responsible for training in offices and works; the Board of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture were responsible for other courses. All applications were made to the Appointments Department.

From November 1918, to June 1919, the Appointments Department was part of the Civil Demobilisation and Resettlement Department, and records for this period are in the DRA, DRAX, and DRAY series, LAB 7/26-28.