Catalogue description War Office: Peacetime Operations Abroad, War Diaries and Headquarters Records

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Reference: WO 191
Title: War Office: Peacetime Operations Abroad, War Diaries and Headquarters Records
Description:

This series contains war diaries and related papers of British Empire forces deployed, for the most part, in the inter-war period in various locations around the world. These include campaigns in Abyssinia (1935 to 1936), Egypt (1935 to 1936), India (1930 to 1937), Palestine (1936-1938) and Shanghai (1927 to 1932). Also included are some papers relating to British peace-keeping activities in Palestine from 1945 until the end of the British Mandate in May 1948.

Date: 1927-1948
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 90 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure

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