WEST LONDON RIFLES

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2569
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WEST LONDON RIFLES
Date(s)	: 1898-1902
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps x West London Rifles

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps were founded in 1860. They were known as the 'West London Rifles'. As their headquarters were in Kensington, this was changed to the 'Kensington Rifles' in 1905. In 1908 they became the 13th (Kensington) Battalion, part of the London Regiment of the Territorial Force Association.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Year books of the West London Rifles (4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps), giving details of parades, drills, and camps. Also copy of the will of Mrs Harriet Urquhart, wife of William Urquhart of 111 Riversdale Road, Highbury.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/2569/001-003: Year books; ACC/2569/004: Will.

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:

Records donated by Mr G Mead, 17 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, BN1 7JG, 4 May 1988.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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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.