IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0341
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MIDDLESEX REGIMENT 2ND BATTALION
Date(s): 1903
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Middlesex Chronicle
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Middlesex Regiment originated in the 57th and 77th Regiments of Foot, founded in 1755 and 1787. In 1782 and 1807 these regiments were designated the 57th West Middlesex Regiment and the 77th East Middlesex Regiment. In 1881 they were joined and given the name The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment); which was changed in 1921 to The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own).
Information from Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1954), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Summary of a report of a banquet held on the return of the Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion from active service in the Boer War, South Africa, as published in the Middlesex Chronicle on 25 April, 1903.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two documents catalogued as ACC/0341/001 and ACC/0341/002.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in January 1950.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.