IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): O/576
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM
Date(s): 1817
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Royal Military Asylum
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, was founded in 1801 at the height of Britain's war with France (1793-1815). An estimated 315,000 men died during this conflict, leaving their dependents destitute. The Asylum was intended to provide a home and school for the children of fallen rank and file soldiers as an alternative to the workhouse. In 1892, the RMA was renamed The Duke of York's Royal Military School and, in 1909, moved to new premises constructed on the Downs of Dover, Kent.
Source: The Duke of York's Royal Military School website, http://www.achart.ca/york/history.html.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Apprenticeship indenture for John Campbell, resident in the Asylum, apprenticed to George Campbell, shoemaker, 1817.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1954 (AC/54/028).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Records of the Royal Military Asylum can be found at the National Archives, Kew.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January 2009