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Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, later Duke of...
Catalogue reference: WO 143
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WO 143
This series contains:regulations and orders, 1803 to 1908, relating to the administration of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, the Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, and of the Royal Hibernian Military...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 143
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, later Duke of York's Royal Military School, and Royal Hibernian Military School: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1801-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains:
regulations and orders, 1803 to 1908, relating to the administration of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, the Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, and of the Royal Hibernian Military School
minutes of the Commissioners of the Royal Military Asylum, 1801 to 1907
minutes of General Board meetings of the Commissioners of the Royal Military School, 1907 to 1953
registers of admissions and discharges of children to and from the Royal Military Asylum, 1803 to 1923, a record of admission to the Royal Military School, 1906 to 1956, and an index of admissions to the Royal Hibernian Military School, 1803 to 1919
letter books and accounts, etc.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Certain documents and registers relating to the Royal Hibernian Military School deposited at Arnside Street, Walworth, were destroyed by enemy action in September 1940.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Duke of Yorks Royal Military School, 1892-1892
- Royal Hibernian Military School, 1769-1924
- Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, 1801-1892
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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85 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1961 War Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Mental illness
- Army
- Children
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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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Provision of education for soldiers and their children was provided at regimental schools, which began to be established in the second half of the eighteenth century. A Corps of Army Schoolmasters was formed in 1846. On 11 June 1920 this was replaced by the Army Education Corps, which in 1946 became the Royal Army Education Corps.
Alongside the regimental schools there were two boarding schools for children of serving or deceased officers. These were the Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin, founded in 1769 for children and orphans of soldiers on the Irish establishment; and the Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army, established at Chelsea in 1801 on the initiative of the Duke of York.
In 1892 the latter was renamed the Duke of York's Royal Military School, and in 1909 it moved to Dover. In 1922 the Royal Hibernian School moved to Shorncliffe, and in 1924 it was merged with the Duke of York's School.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14350/
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