Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Home Office: Military Entry Books
Catalogue reference: HO 51
What's it about?
HO 51
Entry books of Home Office out-letters to the Secretary at War, the War Department, the Board of Ordnance, militia and volunteer forces and other military bodies; entry books of commissions, appointments, and warrants relating to the militia,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 51
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Military Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1758-1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of Home Office out-letters to the Secretary at War, the War Department, the Board of Ordnance, militia and volunteer forces and other military bodies; entry books of commissions, appointments, and warrants relating to the militia, volunteers, yeomanry and ordnance; fee books, circulars, returns, establishment books, and various registers and indexes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 194 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8915/
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