He then left in a great hurry, saying he must return to head-quarters and telegraph the news to the War-office.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
I broke the envelope at once, which bore the war-office seal, and as I did so, a perfect avalanche of letters fell at my feet.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles Lever
He cannot remain, as he holds a very important appointment at the War-Office, and his presence is required in London.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
His Grace was highly pleased with it, and advised me to recommend its adoption to the War-office upon my return to London.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
Cobden would have done the business of the War-Office in a highly creditable manner.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851|Various
War Office
nounBritish(formerly)
the department of state responsible for the British Army, now part of the Ministry of Defence
the premises of this department in Whitehall, London
Words nearby War Office
warning coloration, warning track, war nose, War of 1812, War of American Independence, War Office, War of Independence, war of nerves, War of Secession, War of the Austrian Succession, War of the Grand Alliance