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Catalogue description War Office: School of Musketry, Hythe: Records of Experiments and Trials
| Reference: | WO 140 |
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| Title: | War Office: School of Musketry, Hythe: Records of Experiments and Trials |
| Description: |
Technical reports and other records of experiments and trials of the former School of Musketry at Hythe. The series includes material which would otherwise be found amongst the Records of the Chief of the (Imperial) General Staff and its directorates (WO). Selected records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm . |
| Date: | 1853-1928 |
| Separated material: |
Pieces 1 and 2 of this series are on permanent loan to the Weapons Museum at the Army School of Musketry, Warminster. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
War Office, School of Musketry, Hythe, 1853-1919 |
| Physical description: | 15 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Available in digital format unless otherwise stated |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
A School of Musketry was established at Hythe in 1853, and this became the Small Arms School in 1919. In the Second World War it moved to the Proof and Experimental Establishment at Pendine. |
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