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Ministry of Defence

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Date: 1895-2018
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central) > Ministry of Defence
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C214909
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1895-1955: papers and plans rel to Shoeburyness Military Tramway order, papers rel to legal dispute over fishing rights at Maplin Sands, report rel to rental value of farms on Foulness Island and land tax demands and papers rel to transfer of land at Shoeburyness and Foulness to Ministry of Supply
Essex Record Office
S3327
See Annual Return 2011
2
c1946-1989: records rel to amalgamation of chaplaincy services, wearing of aiguilettes, tropical dress and the working party on Army Dress
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2009-08-49
See Annual Return 2009
3
1962-1976: records rel to National Army Museum; Women's Royal Army Corps Museum and WRAC Officer's mess dress
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2009-08-62
See Annual Return 2009
4
1918-1920: officers' confidential reports
Admiralty Library
5
1918-1969: movement record cards, officers' and ratings'
Admiralty Library
6
1922-1923: operations of the Waziristan Force
Intelligence Corps Museum
7
1935-1986: aircraft design technical publications
British Library, Modern English and Reader Services, Humanities and Social Sciences
B.S.62/21
8
1939-1943: home security intelligence summaries
Bristol Archives
44895
9
1939-2009: technical library and records of corps operations and exercises
Tank Museum
10
1941-1950: correspondence, reports and photographs of work undertaken to study tank armour developments
Tank Museum
11
1946-1947: correspondence relating to World War II casualties
Intelligence Corps Museum
12
1952-1961: ship hydro-dynamics & propeller specification - Britannia
Royal Yacht Britannia Trust
13
1953-1998: West Freugh MOD trials site, photographs
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
14
1958-2007: Devon and Dorset regimental headquarter files
Dorset Military Museum
15
c1960-1969: Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency: records
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2013-05-7
See Annual Return 2013
16
case papers and reports
Admiralty Library
17
photographic negatives of aircraft at Boscombe Down
Royal Air Force Museum, Archive, Library and Research Department
18
1900-1999: Quality Assurance Directorate and Inspectorate of Stores and Clothing ledgers
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2014-02-63
See Annual Return 2014
19
1970: map of Colchester training areas
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NAM.2016-01-20
See Annual Return 2016
20
2013: hard drive of digital records: The Historical Army List 1754-2005 Part I
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NAM.2016-12-6
See Annual Return 2016
21
2012-2014: the e-army list 2006-2013, CD Roms
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NAM.2016-12-8 to 13
See Annual Return 2016
22
1978: trials film focusing on the Martin Baker Mk7 rocket assisted ejection seat
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
AMY 921
See Annual Return 2017
23
1978: trials film focusing on the high sink rates of ejection seats
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
AMY 922
See Annual Return 2017
24
1988: video featuring celebrations for the tercentenary of the Royal Irish Rangers and Exercise Red Flag, a joint exercise conducted by the British and American armed forces at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
BFK 467
See Annual Return 2017
25
1995: video produced by Royal Armoured Corps Centre, production company featuring three short promotional videos for the British Army's Challenger 2 main battle tank
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
MIL 540
See Annual Return 2017
26
c1940-1979: army staff duties record cards, recording movements of the Leicestershire Regiment
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
DE9559
27
1990-2018: Directorate of Defence Communications: records
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
2018-08-01
See Annual Return 2018
28
c1929: record of Service sheets for Royal Ordnance Factory workers
Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
DD70
See Annual Return 2019
29
1909-1995: series of files incl material rel to the Second World War, equipment developments, uniform development, Op Granby, Op Grapple, Army Dress Committee minutes, NATO papers, Territorial Army
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2020-02-16
See Annual Return 2020
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
1
War Department
War Department became War Office from c1857, though original name was still in use. War Office became Ministry of Defence in 1964.
Associative