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[http:==References==<references//www.rma-searcher.co.uk/ The RHMS, Dublin & the RMA, Chelsea] - This site contains transcriptions of the admission records to the schools.>
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Two boarding schools were provided for children of serving or deceased Army officers soldiers. These were the '''Royal Hibernian Military School''' in Dublin, which was founded in 1769 for children and orphans of soldiers in the Irish establishment and the '''Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army''', which was established originally opened at Chelsea in 18011803. For the latter school, girls were admitted up to 1845, with reducing numbers from 1836.<ref>[http://www.richardgilbert.ca/achart/public_html/articles/york/schoolmasters.htm "Corps of Army Schoolmasters"] Duke of York's Royal Military School richardgilbert.ca/achart .</ref>
In 1892 the Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army was renamed the '''Duke of York's Royal Military School''' and moved to Dover in 1909. In 1922 the Royal Hibernian School moved to Shorncliffe and merged with the Duke of York's School in 1924.
== Records ==
Records for both these schools are kept at [[The National Archives]] in the WO 143 series. The records include:
*letter books and accounts etc
'''[[Findmypast|findmypast]]''' includes a database [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-army-schoolchildren-and-schoolmasters-1803-1932 "British Army Schoolchildren and Schoolmasters 1803-1932"] (located in Education & work/Schools & education), containing records in respect of student and staff members at the Royal Military Asylum (RMA) in Chelsea and the Royal Hibernian Military School (RHMS) in Dublin, with records transcribed by Peter Goble.
== External Links links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hibernian_Military_School Royal Hibernian Military School] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.achart.ca/index.htm A.W Cockerill’s website] includes categories [http://www.achart.ca/duke-of-york.htm Duke of York's School] and [http://www.dyrmsachart.netca/hibernian/sonsofthebraveindex.php html Royal Hibernian Military School] www.achart.ca<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York's_Royal_Military_School Duke of York 's Royal Military School] This unofficial Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.doyrms.com/ Duke of York's Royal Military School website is to help ‘Old Boys ] www.doyrms.com<br>*The story of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130128024948/http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/kendall%2Dfamily.org/html/3_brothers_and_a_son.html 3 brothers and Old Girls’ keep a son]. John Kendall’s indian-cemeteries.org, now archived. Thomas Kendall, born in 1838 in India (possibly in contact via Moulmein, Burma), joined the InternetRMA on 3rd December 1847.*A different and unconnected school was the [http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/HampsteadSoldiers/ Royal Soldiers' Daughters' Home, Hampstead, London] a charity for destitute female children of soldiers.
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