WO1568-2007Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies relating to the administration of the armed forces.
Comprises records of:
General War Office records
Chief of the (Imperial) General Staff and its directorates
Commander-in-Chief, Military Secretary and Army Council
Army Medical services
Other administrative departments of the War Office
Finance departments
Central Department of the Permanent Secretary of State
Land Branch
Board of General Officers
Royal Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals
Constable of the Tower of London
Research establishments
Armed forces records from commands, headquarters, regiments and corps
Auxiliary forces
Army in Ireland
Armed forces service records
Private office papers and private collections
Commissions, committees and councils, etc
Ordnance Office and its War Office successors
Judge Advocate General
WO 56, WO 125, WO 200, WO 249 and WO 289 are numbers not used.
WO 20 and WO 21 were transferred to other series before 1905.