IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/091
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LOYAL LONDON VOLUNTEERS
Date(s): 1799-1809
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): Loyal London Volunteers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Loyal London Volunteers were a militia unit formed to protect London against the threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic wars.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Loyal London Volunteers records comprise: orderly book of the 5th regiment, 1806-1809; minute book of the committee of the Royal Exchange Division, 1799-1804; and swearing-in list of the 7th company of the 4th regiment, c 1800.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Three items arranged chronologically.
Conditions governing access:
Not available for online ordering. Please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of the Loyal London Volunteers were acquired by Guildhall Library in two stages, probably before 1900 (Mss 4-5) and in 1971 through the British Records Association (Ms 14290). They were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For records of ward "armed" or "military" associations which later became regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers see CLC/056, CLC/W/GE/036 and CLC/W/LA/015.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.