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South Shields Army Recruitment Office

Reference: A/R/SS Catalogue Title: South Shields Army Recruitment Office Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description:

Covering Dates: 1951-1995

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South Shields Army Recruitment Office

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South Shields Army Recruitment Office (Ref: A/R/SS)Registers of recruits [Army Book 303] (Ref: A/R/SS 1/1-3)

Dates given are attestation dates

Ref: A/R/SS 1/1

(1 volume)

Ref: A/R/SS 1/2

(1 volume)

Ref: A/R/SS 1/3

(1 volume)

Recruiter's day books [Army Book 322] (Ref: A/R/SS 2-6)Men (Ref: A/R/SS 2/1-3)

Dates given seem to be the days potential recruits first contacted the office; the registers also contain the dates they were finally enlisted or withdrawn

Ref: A/R/SS 2/1

Army Book 322 South Shields 1 February 1951-23 September 1959 Some of the men in this book also appear in Army Book 303 from South Shields, because the dates overlap from June 1958 to September 1959 There are two pieces of paper attached in the middle [November and December 1958] adding information to those pages

(1 volume)

Ref: A/R/SS 2/2

Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322 (Revised 1969)] South Shields 11 November 1970-16 January 1979

(1 volume)

Ref: A/R/SS 2/3

Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322 (Revised 1975)] South Shields 18 January 1979-27 October 1980

(1 volume)

Women (Ref: A/R/SS 3/1-2)

The first date is given in the cover of the book but does not appear inside. The rest of dates in the book appear in the 'remarks' column and correspond to the days they enlisted, were withdrawn or rejected

Ref: A/R/SS 3/1

Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322 (Revised 1969)] South Shields and Sunderland 18 November 1974-30 January 1980 On the back of the last page there is an annual account of the summaries that are written in the three sets of papers enclosed at the end of the book. It follows the same columns structure

(1 volume)

Ref: A/R/SS 3/2

Recruiter's day book [Army Book 322 (Revised 1975)] South Shields and Sunderland 12 March 1980-10 February 1981

(1 volume)

Weekly summaries (Ref: A/R/SS 4/1-5)

Enclosed at the end of Army book 322, from South Shields and Sunderland [A/R/SS 3/1-2]
They contain a weekly summary that organises the names from the book in columns by date, enlistment, withdrawn and different causes of rejection (selection, character and medical)

Ref: A/R/SS 4/1

Weekly summary, 7 April 1976 - 2 April 1977 Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 3/1

(3 papers)

Ref: A/R/SS 4/2

Weekly summary, 9 April 1977-22 April 1978 Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 3/1

(4 papers)

Ref: A/R/SS 4/3

Weekly summary, 1 April 1978 - 31 March 1979 Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 3/1

(3 papers)

Ref: A/R/SS 4/4

Weekly summary, 14 April 1979 - 29 March 1980 Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 3/2

(4 papers)

Ref: A/R/SS 4/5

Weekly summary, 5 April 1980 - 8 April 1981 Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 3/2

(6 papers)

Other (Ref: A/R/SS 5-6)Ref: A/R/SS 5

List of recruits with names and details of women, 1 August - 17 October 1979 These women are already listed in A/R/SS 3/1 but this paper contains more details Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 3/2

(2 papers)

Ref: A/R/SS 6

Nominal roll of all Women's Royal Army Corps and Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps applicants from South Shields, 7 January - 14 July 1952 Covering note from the Recruiting Officer in Newcastle to South Shields, 17 July 1952 The subject of the note is "State of day book, WRAC, South Shields from JAN 52" Originally enclosed in A/R/SS 2/1

(3 papers)