Catalogue description War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Geographical Section, General Staff Allocation Books and Receipt Books (Registers)

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Reference: WO 408
Title: War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Geographical Section, General Staff Allocation Books and Receipt Books (Registers)
Description:

A collection of manuscript records relating to the application of Geographical Section, General Staff (GSGS) numbers (and their forerunners in numerical sequence) and related War Office numbering systems.
Date: 1859-1990
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 48 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2006 Ministry of Defence, Defence Geographic Centre
Accruals: Series is accruing

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