Catalogue description War Office: Army Purchase Commission: Records

The records in this series consist of the following:

• Officers' papers, 1871 to 1891: original applications from officers of the British and Indian establishment, with certificates of services annexed, related correspondence, memoranda as to the sums awarded, etc.
• Registers of service and estimated value of commissions: these set out under each regiment the name of every officer holding a commission on 1 November 1871, the date of his commission, with notes as to his retirement, the sum he received thereon, etc; there is a separate volume for officers on half pay.
• Awards to officers on retirement, 1886 to 1895.
• Accounts, 1874 to 1878, relating to officers of the Indian establishment.
• Minutes, 1887 to 1901.
• Rough notes of proceedings of the commissioners.
• Compensation awards, 1871 to 1902.
• Indian Army compensation, 1758 to 1897.
• Miscellaneous papers, 1867 to 1908.

The dates attributed to WO 74/1-176 are provisional only.

Secretary-at-War, 1660-1855

War Department, 1855-1857

War Office, 1857-1964