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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.
Whitehall
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Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea. It is the main thoroughfare running
War Office
…Royal Air Force (RAF). The name 'Old War Office' is also given to the former home of the department, located at the junction of Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall in central London. The landmark building was sold on 1 March 2016 by HM Government for more than £350 million, on a 250-year lease, for conversion into…
Whitehall pictured in 2012, with The Cenotaph (distant) and Monument to the Women of World War II in the middle of the carriageway, and the Elizabeth Tower housing Big Ben in the background.
Whitehall, looking south in 1740: Inigo Jones' Banqueting House (1622) on the left, William Kent's Treasury buildings (1733–37) on the right, the Holbein Gate (1532, demolished 1759) at centre.
People gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill's victory speech, 8 May 1945
View of the Horse Guards Building from Whitehall, showing the three arches that link it to Horse Guards Parade