War Office
the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
the premises of this department in Whitehall, London
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How to use War Office in a sentence
I am being forced by War Office questions to say rather more than I had intended about plans.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe War Office forget every now and then other things about the coastline above the Narrows.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonA War Office extinguisher from under which only a few evil-smelling phrases escape.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThree days ago we asked the War Office to let us know the merits of the three new Divisions.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonSara Lee might have fought the War Office single-handed and won out, but it is extremely unlikely.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
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