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Cavalry Division. Part 1. Letters and papers relating to the administration of the...

Catalogue reference: WO 28/161

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This record is about the Cavalry Division. Part 1. Letters and papers relating to the administration of the... dating from 1854 May 26-1856 Jun 30 in the series War Office: Records of Military Headquarters. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 28/161

Date

1854 May 26-1856 Jun 30

Description

Cavalry Division. Part 1.

  • Letters and papers relating to the administration of the Cavalry Division. Most of these relate to matters covered by the Adjutant General's department.
  • The following subjects are covered: absence, allowances, appointments, arms, articles confiscated from persons returning from Sevastopol after its fall, baggage, boards of enquiry, body of a man washed up on shore, camp hygiene, claims for compensation, clothing, commissions, courts martial, courts of enquiry, death, desertion, discharge, drafts, duties, embarkation for England, equipment, forage, fuel, horses, inquest into death of a soldier, leave, manpower, medals, medical, pay, portable forges, promotion, provost, rations, records of officers service, returns, servants, sickness, supplies and transport.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Physical description

boxes and bundles

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Open Document, Open Description

Subjects
Topics
Clothing
Labour
Army
Medals
Rationing
Armed Forces (General Administration)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2208771/

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War Office: Records of Military Headquarters

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