In February 1974, Denis Brennan in the Adjutant General's office said the way the Army recorded colour was "complex".

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One final work, Rothermel's "Charge of Pennsylvania Reserves in Plum Run, " was commissioned by the adjutant general's office in 1881.

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Counsel for Sgt Nightingale, Simon McKay, said the emails appeared to show the Director of Service Prosecutions consulting the military "chain of command" - the Adjutant General's office - on whether or not to pursue the case against the soldier.

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Former chief of the defence staff Lord Craig of Radley and former adjutant general Lord Ramsbotham both called for the role of veterans minister to be transferred to the Cabinet Office as there are "violently conflicting" demands on the MOD.

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