War Department (United Kingdom)

War Department Ordnance Survey Marker, Bermuda, showing the WD broad arrow symbol (top).

The War Department was the United Kingdom government department responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces of the United Kingdom and the pursuance of military activity. In 1857, it became the War Office. Within the War Office, the name 'War Department' remained in use to describe the military transport services of the War Department Fleet and the War Department Railways.