MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS 20TH

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0608
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS 20TH
Date(s)	: 1861
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Volunteer Corps were predecessors of the modern Territorial Army. They were first formed in 1859 to counter French threats of invasion. In 1881 the Army was organised into territorial regiments formed of regular, militia and volunteer battalions. Middlesex volunteer battalions came under the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Commission of Thomas Houghton as Captain in 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 28 March 1861.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One document catalogued as ACC/0608/001.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

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:

Record deposited in January 1957.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For more papers relating to Middlesex Volunteer Corps see ACC/0602 and ACC/0534.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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.