This sub-series (known as the 'Final Series') like other parts of ADM 1 contains a wide range of documents sent to, or created by, different departments within the Admiralty. It also includes a large number of Honours and Awards papers, most relating to the Second World War. The Honours and Awards papers also include reports of proceedings of engagements, battles and actions in which gallantry medals were awarded.
The Final Series includes papers from the following Admiralty departments and branches (old Admiralty reference abbreviations in brackets):
Department and branches to 1958-59 include: Air branch (A), Aircraft Accidents (AA), Admiral Commanding Reserves (ACR), Admiralty Record Office (ADMY and ADMTY), Directorate of Air Organisation and Training (AOD), Administrative Planning Directorate (APD), Armament Supply (AS and ASO), Air Warfare Directorate (AWD), Boom Defences and Marine Salvage Directorate (BD), Compass Department (CD), Civil Establishments (CE), Civil Engineer in Chief (CE in C), Civil Lord (CL), Navy Contracts Directorate (CP), Cabinet Section (CS), Commissions and Warrants Branch (CW), Dockyards (D), Directorate of Navigation and Direction (DND), Naval Electrical Department (DNLD), Directorate of Manning (DPS), Engineer in Chief (ENC), Directorate of Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare (GD), General Finance Branch (GF), Directorate of Naval Ordnance (DNO), Labour Branch (L), Military Branch (M), Materials Branch (MAT), Medical Director General (MDG), Naval Branch (N), Naval Conditions and Welfare Branch (NCW), Naval Education Service (NES), Naval Intelligence Department (NID), Naval Law Branch (NL), Naval Manpower Branch (NM), Naval Pay (NP), Naval Store Department (NS), Naval Training Directorate (NT), Operations Division (OD), Organisation and Methods Branch (O & M), Plans Directorate (PD), Personnel and Miscellaneous Department (PM), Private Office (PO), Production and Priorities Branch (PR), Radio Equipment Directorate (RE), Commandant General's Office, Royal Marines (RM), Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Mine Warfare Directorate (TASW), Trade Division (TD), Tactical, Ships' Requirements and Staff Duties Division (TSD), Under Secretary's Office, Bath (USB), Underwater Weapons Directorate (UWM and UWO), Victualling Directorate (V), Works and Salvage Branch (WS).
For the names of branches and their organisation after 1959/60 see ADM 1/27541 and 28822.
The branch from which a particular piece originated can be discerned from the abbreviations used in the original Admiralty reference (see each piece's 'Full Details' section).
In 1964, the Admiralty was abolished and replaced by the Navy Department operating within the Ministry of Defence. The papers of the various Navy Department staff branches after 1964 can be found in a number of series including ADM 327 to 333, which cover the Aircraft Department (A), Contracts and Purchase Department (CP), Dockyards and Maintenance Department (DM), Naval Law Division (NL), Organisation and Methods Department (O & M) and undersurface Warfare Department (USW) respectively. Other staff/secretariat papers relating to the navy can be found in DEFE 11, 23, 24 and 25. Are few post-1964 papers, mainly relaing to international co-operation, are within ADM 1.