Collection GB 0074 CLC/091 - LOYAL LONDON VOLUNTEERS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/091

Title

LOYAL LONDON VOLUNTEERS

Date(s)

  • 1799-1809 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Loyal London Volunteers were a militia unit formed to protect London against the threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic wars.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/091 1799-1809 Collection 3 production units. Loyal London Volunteers

The Loyal London Volunteers were a militia unit formed to protect London against the threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic wars.

The records of the Loyal London Volunteers were acquired by Guildhall Library in two stages, probably before 1900 (Mss 4-5) and in 1971 through the British Records Association (Ms 14290). They were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Loyal London Volunteers records comprise: orderly book of the 5th regiment, 1806-1809; minute book of the committee of the Royal Exchange Division, 1799-1804; and swearing-in list of the 7th company of the 4th regiment, c 1800.

Three items arranged chronologically.

Not available for online ordering. Please see staff.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For records of ward "armed" or "military" associations which later became regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers see CLC/056, CLC/W/GE/036 and CLC/W/LA/015.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Military administration Information sources Documents Militia records Militia Organizations Military organizations State security Armed forces Volunteer forces Administration Organisation and management Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) Wars (events) Loyal London Volunteers City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records of the Loyal London Volunteers were acquired by Guildhall Library in two stages, probably before 1900 (Mss 4-5) and in 1971 through the British Records Association (Ms 14290). They were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Loyal London Volunteers records comprise: orderly book of the 5th regiment, 1806-1809; minute book of the committee of the Royal Exchange Division, 1799-1804; and swearing-in list of the 7th company of the 4th regiment, c 1800.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Three items arranged chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Not available for online ordering. Please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For records of ward "armed" or "military" associations which later became regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers see CLC/056, CLC/W/GE/036 and CLC/W/LA/015.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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