Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War

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civil service office government position

The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War was the senior civil servant responsible for overseeing the administration and day-to-day operations of the British Army within the United Kingdom government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence	1
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War canonical	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil service office ⓘ government position ⓘ
abolishedAsPartOf	creation of unified Ministry of Defence ⓘ
appliesTo	British Army ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
contrastWith	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War ⓘ Secretary of State for War ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork	defence administration ⓘ military administration ⓘ public administration ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	head of civil service side of War Office ⓘ senior post in War Office ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London War Office ⓘ surface form: War Office, Whitehall
officeHeldBy	senior civil servant ⓘ
officeType	permanent under-secretary ⓘ
partOf	Home Civil Service ⓘ surface form: British civil service UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom War Office ⓘ
replacedBy	Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
reportsTo	Secretary of State for War ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of the British Army ⓘ administrative support to the Army Council ⓘ budgetary and financial administration of the War Office ⓘ civil service advice on army matters to ministers ⓘ coordination of army logistics administration ⓘ day-to-day operations of the British Army (administrative aspects) ⓘ implementation of war policy decided by ministers ⓘ management of War Office staff ⓘ
seeAlso	British Army ⓘ Permanent Secretary (United Kingdom) ⓘ War Office ⓘ
worksWith	Secretary of State for War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War Office → hadChiefOfficial → Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War ⓘ

Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War → replacedBy → Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence