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Admiralty: Royal Marines, Woolwich Division: Correspondence, Registers and Papers
Catalogue reference: ADM 81
What's it about?
ADM 81
Entry books of in- and out-letters, discharge and embarkation books, registers of marriages and baptisms, etc kept by Divisional headquarters at the Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 81
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Marines, Woolwich Division: Correspondence, Registers and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1805-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of in- and out-letters, discharge and embarkation books, registers of marriages and baptisms, etc kept by Divisional headquarters at the Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marines, Woolwich Division, 1805-1869
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 volume(s)
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Woolwich Division was the most short-lived of the four division of the Royal Marines, being formed in 1805 and disbanded in 1869.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1790/
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Admiralty: Royal Marines, Woolwich Division: Correspondence, Registers and Papers
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