MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS, 49TH (POST OFFICE)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/534 |
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, 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 & 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).
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.
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