British War Office

department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army
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British War Office

Summary

British War Office is a department of the United Kingdom Government[1]. It draws 203 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_the_united_kingdom_government category, ranking #9 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • British War Office is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British War Office is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[4].
  • British War Office's image is recorded as Old war office.jpg[5].
  • British War Office's instance of is recorded as department of the United Kingdom Government[6].
  • British War Office's instance of is recorded as ministry of War[7].
  • British War Office's headquarters location is recorded as Old War Office Building[8].
  • British War Office's child organization or unit is recorded as General Staff[9].
  • British War Office's child organization or unit is recorded as Directorate of Military Intelligence[10].
  • British War Office's child organization or unit is recorded as Quartermaster General's Branch[11].
  • British War Office's Commons category is recorded as Old War Office Building[12].
  • British War Office's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 78616[13].
  • +1684-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British War Office[14].
  • +1857-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British War Office[15].
  • British War Office was dissolved in +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • British War Office's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01p4l9[17].
  • British War Office's topic's main category is recorded as Category:War Office[18].
  • British War Office's replaced by is recorded as Ministry of Defence[19].
  • British War Office's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4682010d-1e47-43b5-b0f5-6c6620632a1f[20].
  • British War Office's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 50326[21].
  • British War Office's Museum of Modern Art artist ID is recorded as 11350[22].
  • British War Office's Tate artist ID is recorded as war-office-22059[23].
  • British War Office's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as great-britain-war-office-3[24].
  • British War Office's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as great-britain-war-office-2[25].
  • British War Office's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as great-britain-war-office-army-lists[26].
  • British War Office's National Library of Wales Authority ID is recorded as great-britain-war-office[27].

Why It Matters

British War Office draws 203 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_the_united_kingdom_government category, ranking #9 of 41).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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