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LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN
Catalogue reference: M540
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This record is about the LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN dating from 1905 - 1918.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- M540
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Title (The name of the record)
- LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1905 - 1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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M540/1 Correspondence of J.G. Long
M540/2 Photographs
M540/3 Newspaper Cuttings
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Manchester Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Legion of Frontiersmen, 1905-,</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 38 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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They were donated to the Library in August 1987 his grand-daughter, Mrs. Sydney Anne Miller of Goshen, New York.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Legion of Frontiersmen was planned by Roger Pocock, novelist and frontiersman, who became its Hon. Sec., and inaugurated on 10 April 1905 by the Earl of Lonsdale, who became its Chairman. It comprised of ex-servicemen, explorers, engineers and others familiar with the frontiers of the Empire, to be a civilian body to promote the interests of the Empire in times of peace, and aid conventional forces in time of war.
The following papers belonged to Dr. J. Garland Long, who was Honarary Organising Officer for the Manchester Command, July 1906, Commandant for Lancashire and Cheshire later in 1906, Commissioner for the Australian Commonwealth 1907, Commandant for the North Staffordshire Command, 1907.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/51b71074-3dbd-4ede-82fe-c75a11e4e451/
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LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN