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• Division within WOc1650-1987Records of the Judge Advocate General

  Records of the Judge Advocate General relating both to the court martial of military offenders and Second World War war crimes investigations and trials. Also contains some records of the Board of General Officers.

  Courts martial: a series of registers which give details of courts martial of various types, namely general, field general, general regimental, and district:

  • Correspondence of the Judge Advocate General's Office and Board of General Officers, WO 72 and WO 93;
  • Registers of in-letters, WO 82;
  • Minute books, WO 83;
  • Letter books, WO 81;
  • Charge books, WO 84;
  • Entry books of appointment of deputy judges advocate, WO 85;
  • Court martial proceedings and registers relating to Army personnel, WO 71, WO 86, WO 87, WO 88, WO 89, WO 90, WO 91, WO 92 and WO 213;
  • Original submissions to the Crown of proceedings, WO 209;
  • Rulings in courts martial cases, WO 210;
  • Office of the Judge Advocate General, Indexes to Minute Books, WO 314.

  War crimes:

  • Trial records for Second World War war crimes, WO 235 and WO 238;
  • War crimes files of the Military Deputy, WO 311; with personal name and other indexes, WO 353;
  • Records of War Crimes groups attached to the Allied Forces in Europe, WO 235, WO 309, WO 310 and WO 331;
  • Records of War Crimes groups attached to the Allied Forces in South East Asia, WO 325;
  • Name indexes of people wanted in connection with war crimes investigations, WO 354, WO 355, WO 356, with 'record cards' for South East Asia, WO 357.

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