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Great Britain. Ministry of Defence

LC control no.n 80024154
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingGreat Britain. Ministry of Defence
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Variant(s)Great Britain. Defence, Ministry of
Great Britain. Secretary of State for Defence
MOD (Government department)
Beginning date1964
Associated countryGreat Britain England
LocatedLondon (England)
Field of activityMilitary policy National security
Special noteUnused subdivisions: Engineering Standards Coordinating Committee
Found inIts Statement relating to defence ... 1947.
Lloyd's Reg. of Shipping. Report of the inquiry into hull forms for warships, 1988: t.p. (Ministry of Defence) spine (MOD)
UK Government website, viewed 9 Apr. 2014: under Organisations (Ministry of Defence; ministerial department; protects the security, independence and interests of the UK at home and abroad; office address: Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB)
Wikipedia, viewed 9 Apr. 2014 (Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom); the MOD is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces; from 1946 to 1964 five Departments of State did the work of the modern Ministry of Defence: the Admiralty, the War Office, the Air Ministry, the Ministry of Aviation, and an earlier form of the Ministry of Defence; these departments merged in 1964; the defence functions of the Ministry of Aviation Supply merged into the Ministry of Defence in 1971)
Associated languageeng