The War Office has referred to several British government organisations throughout history, all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration o
View of the former War Office building from Whitehall.
The former War Office building facing Horse Guards Avenue.
The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewar