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London Metropolitan Archives

MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS, 49TH (POST OFFICE)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/534

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS, 49TH (POST OFFICE)

Date(s): 1870-1909

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 7 production units.

Name of creator(s): 49th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers x 24th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The 49th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers were formed in 1867 during the Fenian troubles from Special Constables recruited within the Post Office during that period. They later became the 24th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the 49th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers, later the 24th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers, comprising: regimental orders, 1870-1871 (Ms 09408), and muster roll books, 1870-1909 (Ms 09409).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These records were deposited by the London Rifle Brigade in 1955, and were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff in the same year.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

London Metropolitan Archives also holds a few records relating to other Corps in the Middlesex Regiment (ACC/0295; ACC/0341; ACC/0377; ACC/0602; ACC/0608; ACC/0647; ACC/0685; ACC/0777; ACC/0893; ACC/1283).

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Military administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Muster books | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Rifles | Guns | Firearms | Weapons | Military equipment | Equipment
Volunteer forces | Armed forces | State security
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
49th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers x 24th (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers
Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Places
Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe