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The War Office has referred to several British government organisations throughout history, all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, at which point its functions were transferred to the new Ministry of Defence (MoD). [1]
During World War I, British secret services were divided into numbered sections named Military Intelligence, department number x, abbreviated to MIx, such as MI1 for information management. The branch, department, section, and sub-section numbers varied through the life of the department; examples include:
War Department Ordnance Survey Marker, Bermuda, showing the WD broad arrow symbol (top). The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. In 1857, it became the War Office.
Hidden from public eyes since it was built more than a century ago and steeped in James Bond-style espionage, London’s historic war office is now set to open its doors as a luxury hotel with ...
The Churchill war ministry was the United Kingdom's coalition government for most of the Second World War from 10 May 1940 to 23 May 1945. It was led by Winston Churchill, who was appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom by King George VI following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in the aftermath of the Norway Debate.
The British War Office (1684−1964) — a defunct government department of the United Kingdom, formerly responsible for the administration of the British Army.; Between 1906 and its abolition in 1964, it was headquartered in "Old" War Office Building, a large Edwardian Baroque Revival style structure at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London.
Edward Cardwell, later Viscount Cardwell, Secretary of State for War from 1868 to 1874; architect of the Cardwell Reforms. The secretary of state for war, commonly called the war secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964.
A war cabinet is a committee formed by a government in a time of war to efficiently and effectively conduct that war. It is usually a subset of the full executive cabinet of ministers, although it is quite common for a war cabinet to have senior military officers and opposition politicians as members.