LC control no. | n 80024154 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Great Britain. Ministry of Defence |
Variant(s) | Great Britain. Defence, Ministry of Great Britain. Secretary of State for Defence MOD (Government department) |
Beginning date | 1964 |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Located | London (England) |
Field of activity | Military policy National security |
Special note | Unused subdivisions: Engineering Standards Coordinating Committee |
Found in | Its 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 language | eng |