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War Office and successors: Proof and Experimental Establishments: Reports
Trials reports, out-letter book, photographs, etc., of the Proof and Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, Essex and of the Trials Establishment Royal Artillery Ty Croes.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1852-1993
- Reference
- WO 186
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War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, War Crimes Group (South East Europe)...
This series contains policy and case files relating to the investigation of war crimes in South East Europe.The files mainly originated from the Judge Advocate General's Office in Austria, but the series also contains some files which originated in t…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1943-1948
- Reference
- WO 310
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War Office and Ministry of Defence: Sovereign Base Areas Administration, Cyprus:...
The records in this series concern general administrative and policy matters reflecting the range of functions carried out by the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) at Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Cyprus.Among the subjects covered in the files are police and judi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1956-1973
- Reference
- WO 383
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War Office: Army Operational Research Group later Army Operational Research Establishment:...
This series consists of registered files of the Army Operational Research Group (AORG) and Army Operational Research Establishment (AORE) concerning operational analysis including anti-tank and psychological warfare.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1951-1964
- Reference
- WO 342
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War Office: Directorate of Military Training, later Directorate of Army Training:...
Reports on operations, exercises and tactics and equipment trials, used during the Second World War, and subsequently, for training purposes. Research reports and technical notes from the Royal Military College of Science.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1909-1983
- Reference
- WO 231
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War Office: Directorate of Weapons and Development: British Atomic Trials, Maralinga,...
The Directorate of Weapons and Development controlled all aspects of weapons development, including research into atomic, bacteriological and chemical warfare. The series contains photographs of atomic trials at Maralinga, Australia.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1950-1966
- Reference
- WO 320
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War Office: Indian Army: General Service Medal
This series contains records relating to medals awarded to officers serving in the pre-partition Indian Army
- Held by
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- 1939-1945
- Reference
- WO 430
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Home Office: Police and Crime Prevention (PCP Symbol Series) files
The content of the series is strongly policy based. The series contains: the development of crime prevention policy and strategy together with initiatives for specific crimes such as personal safety, car crime, fraud and crime on public transport; lo…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1989-1997
- Reference
- HO 528
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War Office: Inter-Allied Armistice Commission: War Diary, and Despatches of Chief...
This series consists of a war diary of the Inter-Allied Armistice Commission and the despatches of Lt General Sir Richard Haking, chief of the British delegation. Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1918-1920
- Reference
- WO 144
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War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Distinguished Service...
The register consists of volumes containing details of appointments to the Order of officers of the British and Dominion armed forces, and includes a volume of records of the honorary appointment of officers of allied nations. In addition to details …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1886-1945
- Reference
- WO 390
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War Office: Military Secretary's Honours and Awards Branch: Distinguished Conduct...
The methods of keeping the register have varied, but since the outbreak of the First World War have relied on extracts from the London Gazette pasted into specially made volumes.The announcements relating to the First World War have been taken from '…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1854-1998
- Reference
- WO 391
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War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials,...
This series comprises a miscellaneous collection of registers of baptisms, confirmations, deaths, burials, and marriage (including banns) which were kept at various garrisons in the British Isles and at British garrisons overseas.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1808-2015
- Reference
- WO 156
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War Office and successors: Registered Files (General Series)
This series comprises registered files of the War Office dealing with all aspects of the administration of the departments and the armed forces. They include files opened in the War Office and continued in the Ministry of Supply (SUPP) after 1939; an…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1845-1999
- Reference
- WO 32
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War Office: Indian Army Medal Cards
This series contains records relating to campaign medals issued to soldiers in the pre-partition Indian Army
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1939 –1945
- Reference
- WO 431
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Home Office: Forensic Liaison (FL Symbol) Files
The files in this series contain high profile criminal cases involving the use of forensic evidence, policy files and records of working parties and committees dealing with various aspects of forensic science including the Working Party on Forensic P…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1972-1997
- Reference
- HO 534
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Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS): Ships' Cards
This series contains 18 boxes holding just over 9,500 cards detailing individual Maritime Royal Artillery gunners allocated to a particular ship during the Second World War. The cards cover around 6,500 ships. Where the ship is not registered as Brit…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Reference
- WO 435
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Records of the Meteorological Office
Records of the Meteorological Office relating to the provision of meteorological services.Contains the records of the Meteorological Office and predecessor and related bodies, records of the Kew Observatory and private papers of associated personnel.…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1818-2023
- Reference
- BJ
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Home Office: Mutual Legal Assistance: Registered Files (MLA Series)
This series contains records regarding Home Office involvement in the development of mutual legal assistance (MLA) agreements and co-ordination between foreign states in the interest of crime prevention and criminal justice. This includes records con…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1988-2004
- Reference
- HO 634
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Home Office: Entertainments (ENT Symbol Series) Files
Files from the Home Office ENT (Entertainments) series. They are from the Home Office General and Fire Departments, and relate to the Home Office's involvement in matters relating to entertainment, including such subjects as Sunday entertainments (Su…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1951-2002
- Reference
- HO 300
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Judge Advocate General's Office: Courts Martial Proceedings...
This series comprises: Minutes of the proceedings of the Board of General Officers, with entries of warrants, letters, etc, 1706-1807. Papers of the original proceedings of the Judge Advocate General's Office in courts martial from 1668. These includ…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1668-2004
- Reference
- WO 71