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Catalogue description War Office and Ministry of Supply: Contracts Precedent Books
| Reference: | WO 254 |
|---|---|
| Title: | War Office and Ministry of Supply: Contracts Precedent Books |
| Description: |
The earlier volumes in this series (WO 254/1-2) are General Note Books containing summaries of decisions taken mainly on Army contracts for supplies. The remaining volumes (WO 254/3-6) consist of loose leaf typescript sheets in which entries prior to January 1946 are extracts from the original General Note Books which were taken over from the Director of Army Contracts by the Ministry of Supply in August 1939. |
| Date: | 1900-1963 |
| Related material: |
For surviving registered files to which the paper numbers in the right hand column of the books refer see WO 32 For works contract precedent books see WORK 52 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
War Office, Department of the Quartermaster General, Contracts Section, 1904-1907 War Office, Department of the Surveyor General of Supply, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1917-1924 War Office, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1907-1917 War Office, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1936-1964 War Office, Financial Secretary, Contracts Branch, 1887-1904 War Office, Financial Secretary, Directorate of Army Contracts, 1924-1936 War Office, Master General of the Ordnance, Contracts Section, 1904-1907 |
| Physical description: | 6 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
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