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- 1817 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
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The Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, was founded in 1801 at the height of Britain's war with France (1793-1815). An estimated 315,000 men died during this conflict, leaving their dependents destitute. The Asylum was intended to provide a home and school for the children of fallen rank and file soldiers as an alternative to the workhouse. In 1892, the RMA was renamed The Duke of York's Royal Military School and, in 1909, moved to new premises constructed on the Downs of Dover, Kent.
Source: The Duke of York's Royal Military School website, http://www.achart.ca/york/history.html.
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O/576 1817 Collection 0.01 linear metres Royal Military Asylum
The Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, was founded in 1801 at the height of Britain's war with France (1793-1815). An estimated 315,000 men died during this conflict, leaving their dependents destitute. The Asylum was intended to provide a home and school for the children of fallen rank and file soldiers as an alternative to the workhouse. In 1892, the RMA was renamed The Duke of York's Royal Military School and, in 1909, moved to new premises constructed on the Downs of Dover, Kent.
Source: The Duke of York's Royal Military School website, http://www.achart.ca/york/history.html.
Received in 1954 (AC/54/028).
Apprenticeship indenture for John Campbell, resident in the Asylum, apprenticed to George Campbell, shoemaker, 1817.
One item.
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Copyright: City of London
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Records of the Royal Military Asylum can be found at the National Archives, Kew.
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. January 2009 Royal Military Asylum x The Duke of York's Royal Military School Information sources Documents Apprenticeship records Apprenticeship indenture Social welfare Child welfare Residential child care Students Out of school youth UK England London Kensington and Chelsea Chelsea Apprentices Western Europe Europe
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Received in 1954 (AC/54/028).
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Apprenticeship indenture for John Campbell, resident in the Asylum, apprenticed to George Campbell, shoemaker, 1817.
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One item.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright: City of London
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- Latin
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Records of the Royal Military Asylum can be found at the National Archives, Kew.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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