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Series
Admiralty: Royal Greenwich Hospital: Registers of Applications, Orphans
Catalogue reference: ADM 162
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ADM 162
Registers of applications for maintenance, etc., of orphan daughters of warrant officers, seamen and marines, 1882 to 1911 and 1951 to 1959; and applications for admission of orphan boys to Orphanages, etc., at the expense of Greenwich Hospital...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 162
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Greenwich Hospital: Registers of Applications, Orphans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registers of applications for maintenance, etc., of orphan daughters of warrant officers, seamen and marines, 1882 to 1911 and 1951 to 1959; and applications for admission of orphan boys to Orphanages, etc., at the expense of Greenwich Hospital funds, 1884 to 1959.
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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 Greenwich Hospital, 1832-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1871/
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