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Catalogue description Ordnance Office, Military Branch, and War Office: Royal Artillery Records of Service and Papers
| Reference: | WO 69 |
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| Title: | Ordnance Office, Military Branch, and War Office: Royal Artillery Records of Service and Papers |
| Description: |
These records of non-commissioned officers and men include description books; records of service, including original attestation papers; registers of marriages and baptisms; registers of deceased soldiers; some records of transfer of men to the Army Reserve, etc; pension registers; description book of the Royal Irish Artillery, 1756 to 1774; and miscellaneous correspondence. |
| Note: | Catalogue entries for this series have been enhanced as part of a project supported by the Friends of The National Archives, 2008-2013. |
| Date: | 1755-1917 |
| Separated material: |
Only 314 volumes are now held in WO 69. The remaining items, chiefly records of services of non-effectives, WO 69 (20-61 and 178-550), were transferred to Chelsea Hospital in 1923 and are believed to have been destroyed during the Second World War. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ordnance Office, Military Branch, 1683-1855 War Department, 1855-1857 War Office, 1857-1964 |
| Physical description: | 905 volume(s) |
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