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The War Office was incorporated into the Ministry of Defence in 1964.

The department was based in a massive Victorian Baroque building, completed in 1906, located in Whitehall, London SW1. It contained about 1,000 rooms linked by 2½ miles of corridors. On 1 April 1920, immediately after the First World War, the War Office employed 7,434 civilian staff; this had shrunk to 3,872 by 1 April 1930.

1 War Office Departments

• Office of the Secretary of State
  • Military Secretary's Department (1870–1964)

• Department of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary
  • Directorate-General of Lands (?–1923)
  • Directorate of Lands (1923– )
  • Directorate-General of the Territorial and Volunteer Forces (?–1921)
  • Directorate-General of the Territorial Army (1921– )

• Central Department (Department of the Secretary)
  • Department of the Chaplain-General
  • Department of the Judge Advocate-General
  • Publicity Section/Information Section

• Department of the Financial and Parliamentary Secretary (Finance Department)
  • Directorate of Army Contracts (1924– )

• Imperial General StaffChief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) was the title of the professional head of the British Army from 1908 to 1964. Prior to that period, the professional head of the army was entitled the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (although briefly it had bee
  • Directorate of Military Intelligence (?–1922)
  • Directorate of Military Operations (?–1922)
  • Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence (1922– )
  • Directorate of Military Training (1922– )
  • Directorate of Army Staff Duties

• Department of the Adjutant-General
  • Directorate-General of Graves Registration and Enquiries (?–1921)
  • Directorate-General of Army Medical Services
  • Directorate of Mobilisation
  • Directorate of Organisation
  • Directorate of Army Personal Services
  • Directorate of Prisoners of War (?–1921)
  • Directorate of Recruiting and Organisation

• Department of the Quartermaster-General
  • Directorate of Equipment and Ordnance Stores (?–1927)
  • Directorate of Movements
  • Directorate of Quartering
  • Directorate of Remounts
  • Directorate of Supplies and Transport
  • Department of the Controller of Surplus Stores and Salvage
  • Department of the Surveyor-General of Supply (?–1921)
  • Directorate-General of Army Veterinary Services
  • Directorate of Works (1927– )

• Department of the Master-General of the OrdnanceThe Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO was an important British military position before 1855, when its duties were largely abolished. Usually held by a serving General, the Master-General of the Ordnance was responsible for all British artillery, engine
  • Directorate of Artillery
  • Directorate of Factories
  • Directorate of Fortifications and Works (?–1927)
  • Directorate of Ordnance Services (1927– )
  • Department of the Chief Technical Examiner for Works Services

2 United States War Office

• United States Department of WarThe United States Department of War was the military department of the United States government's executive branch from 1789 until 1949, when it became part of the United States Department of Defense. It was headed by the United States Secretary of War.
• United States Department of the ArmyThe Department of the Army is one of the three military departments in the United States Department of Defense. It is headed by the Secretary of the Army, a civilian, who is is responsible for the administrative affairs of the U. The highest ranking milit
• United States Department of DefenseThe United States Department of Defense abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. The Department of Defense controls the U. military and is headquartered at The P

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