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Darlington Army Recruitment Office

Reference: A/R/Da Catalogue Title: Darlington Army Recruitment Office Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1919-1993

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Darlington Army Recruitment Office (Ref: A/R/Da)Registers of recruits [Army Book 303] (Ref: A/R/Da)Men (Ref: A/R/Da 1/1-4)

Dates given are attestation dates. In some parts of books A/R/Da 1/3-4 attestation dates are not recorded, but they can be deduced from the day men were approved or rejected, which are the same as the attestation dates


Register of recruits [Army Book 303] Darlington [indexed] 1 November 1946 - 21 March 1952
(1 volume)


Register of recruits [Army Book 303] Darlington [indexed] 24 March 1952- 8 May 1958
(1 volume)


Register of recruits [Army Book 303] Darlington [indexed] 9 May 1958- 10 June 1966
(1 volume)


Register of recruits [Army Book 303] Darlington [indexed] 10 June 1966- 30 March 1978
(1 volume)

Enlistment questions (Ref: A/R/Da 2)

Questions to be put to the recruit before enlistment Completed with details of Peter Brian Linney, 12 September 1963 Originally enclosed in A/R/Da 1/3
(1 paper)

Boys (Ref: A/R/Da 3/1-2)

Dates given are attestation -not all recorded- and approved or rejected dates


Register of recruits [Army Book 303], "J.A.A." Darlington 15 September 1964-6 May 1968 On the first page is a table with an account of those J.A.A. that have been badged, sponsored, enlisted and their total
(1 volume)


Register of recruits [Army Book 303], "Enlistments Boys" Darlington [indexed] 4 January 1967- 29 March 1978 Some of the names also appear in A/R/Da 2/1, as their dates overlap from January 1967 to May 1968
(1 volume)

Recruiter's day books [Army book 322] (Ref: A/R/Da)Men (Ref: A/R/Da 4/1-2)

Dates given come from the "Serial No. and Date" column. Some are deduced from the week number given from April to March


Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322] Darlington 10 December 1952- 31 December 1959
(1 volume)


Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322 (Revised 1975)], "Adult Y S" Darlington [indexed] 1 April 1979- July 1983
(1 volume)

Boys (Ref: A/R/Da 5/1-2)

Dates given come from the "Serial No. and Date" column and are deduced from the week number given from April to March. In the case of A/R/Da 5/1, the first date is the earliest date recorded in the book. In A/R/Da 5/2 the opening date is also written in the first page


Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322], "Boys" Darlington 9 January 1962- March 1979
(1 volume)


Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322 (Revised 1975)], "Junior" Darlington [indexed] 1 April 1979-April 1983
(1 volume)

Women (Ref: A/R/Da 6/1-2)

Dates given come from the "Serial No. and Date" column, and are deduced from the week number given from April to March. In A/R/Da 6/2 the opening date is also written on the first page


Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322] Darlington 9 July 1952- 25 February 1975 On the last page is a small table summarising the number of women enlisted, rejected for different reasons, withdrawn, transferred, pending and the total. This table was written "year ending 31 March 75". The book after this was started 1 April 1975
(1 volume)


Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322], "QA WRAC" Darlington [indexed] 1 April 1979-April 1983
(1 volume)

Enquiry register (Ref: A/R/Da )

Enquiry register Careers information office, Darlington 16 April 1980- 9 October 1981
(1 volume)

Record of service book. Civilian subordinates [Army book 294] (Ref: A/R/Da )Record of service book. Civilian subordinates [Army book 294] (Ref: A/R/Da 8)

Dates given are from the "Date of entry" column


Record of service book. Civilian subordinates [Army book 294] Darlington 18 October 1919- 16 October 1939 Names recorded seem to be from civilians working in the recruitment office
(1 volume)

Recruiting Orders (Ref: A/R/Da 9/1-2)

Enclosed in Army book 294, from Darlington [A/R/Da 8]


Return in accordance with Recruiting Order No. 6 14 November 1946 The three men listed are James Campion, Frederick Charles Footer and Robert Spink, listed in A/R/Da 8 Originally enclosed in A/R/Da 8
(1 paper)


Return in accordance with Recruiting Order Serial No. 2. para 2. of the 6th December 1946 Concerning J. Campion, also listed in A/R/Da 9/1 and A/R/Da 8 Written in the Recruiting Centre in Darlington on the 10th of December 1946 Signed by the Captain and adressed to The Chief Recruiting Officer, Northern Command Letter Originally enclosed in A/R/Da 8
(1 paper)

Correspondence (Ref: A/R/Da 10/1-2)

Enclosed in Army book 294, from Darlington [A/R/Da 8]


Letter from W. Goldsmith, Command Secretary of the Chief Ordnance Officer, Command Ordnance Depot, Catterick Concerning the transfer of T. J. Miller [Mellor] -listed in A/R/Da 8- to the Recruiting Centre in Darlington 28 October 1947 Originally enclosed in A/R/Da 8
(1 paper)


Letter about the rate of pay of T. J. Mellor -listed in A/R/Da 8- from [Lieutenant D. H. Whip] the Regimental Paymaster in Northumbrian District Written in Bootham, York, in September 1948 Originally enclosed in A/R/Da 8
(1 paper)

Visitors book (Ref: A/R/Da)

Visitors Book Darlington 29 November 1965- 8 September 1993
(1 volume)