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Catalogue description Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Army Circulars, Memoranda, Orders and Regulations
| Reference: | WO 123 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Defence and predecessors: Army Circulars, Memoranda, Orders and Regulations |
| Description: |
This series contains several series of orders etc, some of which were assembled in the Ministry of Defence library, from where they were transferred to the PRO in the late 1980s. The main records are: Army Regulations, 1711-1821; War Office circulars etc, 1797-1887; Adjutant General's general orders, 1792-1887: Ordnance Office general orders, 1805-1857; Quartermaster General's circulars, 1831-1858; Army Orders from the Commander in Chief, 1888-1904; Army Orders from the Army Council, 1904-1964; and Army Orders from the Defence Council since 1964. General Routine Orders for various theatres in the First World War; and for the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), 1919-1929 and 1945-1990 are also included. The series includes material which would otherwise be found among (WO) division: the Records of other administrative departments of the War Office. |
| Date: | 1711-1992 |
| Related material: |
For personnel and office management records see WO 381 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Ordnance, 1683-1855 Commander-in-Chief, 1795-1870 Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant General, 1680-1870 Commander-in-Chief, Quartermaster General, 1667-1870 Ministry of Defence, Defence Council, 1964- Secretary of State, 1794 Secretary of State for War, 1794-1801 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1854 War Department, Secretary of State for War, 1855-1857 War Office, Army Council, 1904-1964 War Office, Commander-in-Chief, 1870-1904 War Office, Commander-in-Chiefs Military Department, Adjutant General's Division, 1870-1895 War Office, Secretary of State for War, 1857-1964 |
| Physical description: | 498 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1962 War Office |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
Most volumes are indexed |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Until the late nineteenth century orders, instructions and regulations for the government of the British army were issued by several authorities, including the Secretary of State for War, the Commander in Chief, the Adjutant General and his Deputy, the Quarter Master General, and the Ordnance Office (until 1857), and the respective responsibilities of these authorities are not entirely clear. From 1888 Army Orders were issued by order of the Commander in Chief with approval of the Secretary of State for War; then, from 1904, by order of the Army Council. |
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