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Catalogue description War Office and Ministry of Defence: Inspectorate of Armaments: Reports
| Reference: | WO 360 |
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| Title: | War Office and Ministry of Defence: Inspectorate of Armaments: Reports |
| Description: |
This series consists of annual reports for the Inspectorate of Armaments based in Woolwich, which give an overview of its work and administration. There is also a report on the work of the Foulness Island test centre. |
| Date: | 1950-1973 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological order. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Aviation, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1954-1962 Ministry of Defence, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1964-1970 Ministry of Supply, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1958-1959 War Office, Inspectorate of Armaments, 1962-1964 |
| Physical description: | 18 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1998 Ministry of Defence |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Inspectorate of Armaments was one of the four re-organised inspectorates in the Inspection Division of the Ministry of Supply in 1958/1959 and this division continued with the transformation of the Ministry of Supply into the Ministry of Aviation in 1959. In 1962 the Inspectorate was transferred to the War Office together with the Inspectorate of Fighting Vehicles and Mechanical Equipment. In 1964 the Inspectorate became part of the unified Ministry of Defence. Following the Raby report of 1969, it was renamed the Quality Assurance Directorate (Weapons) QAD(W) in 1970. |
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