Catalogue description Judge Advocate General's Office: Original Submissions

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Details of WO 209
Reference: WO 209
Title: Judge Advocate General's Office: Original Submissions
Description:

This series consists of submissions to the Crown of proceedings of general courts martial with recommendations to confirm, mitigate, remit or commute the punishment awarded by the court.

The first piece in the series is a bound volume of original submissions by the commander-in-chief dated 1880 to 1882. The remainder are individual submissions by the Secretary of State for War and cover years from 1920 onwards.

These submissions are to be differentiated from those in WO 91, which are copies of the proceedings with submissions by the Judge Advocate General as to their legality.

Date: 1880-1938
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Judge Advocate Generals Office, 1660-1905

War Office, Judge Advocate Generals Office, 1905-1923

War Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1923-1935

War Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces, 1935-1948

Physical description: 126 papers
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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