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*letter books and accounts etc
 
*letter books and accounts etc
  
'''[[Findmypast|findmypast]]''' includes a database "British Army Schoolchildren and Schoolmasters 1803-1932" (located in Education & work/Schools & education).
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'''[[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 ==
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== External links ==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hibernian_Military_School Royal Hibernian Military School] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Hibernian_Military_School Royal Hibernian Military School] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110826002521/http://www.rma-searcher.co.uk/  The RHMS, Dublin and    The RMA, Chelsea], rma-searcher.co.uk, now an archived website. Includes “Name Indexes”: Alphabetical list of Children admitted.
 
 
*[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.achart.ca/hibernian/index.html Royal Hibernian Military School] www.achart.ca<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.achart.ca/hibernian/index.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] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York's_Royal_Military_School Duke of York's Royal Military School] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[http://www.doyrms.com/ Duke of York's Royal Military School website] www.doyrms.com<br>
 
*[http://www.doyrms.com/ Duke of York's Royal Military School website] www.doyrms.com<br>
*The story of [http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/kendall-family.org/html/3_brothers_and_a_son.html 3 brothers and a son].  John Kendall’s indian-cemeteries.org.  Thomas Kendall,  born in Moulmein, Burma in 1838 joined the RMA on 3rd December 1847.  
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*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 a son].  John Kendall’s indian-cemeteries.org, now archived.  Thomas Kendall,  born in Moulmein, Burma in 1838 joined the RMA on 3rd December 1847.  
  
 
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Revision as of 07:14, 14 September 2019

Two boarding schools were provided for children of serving or deceased Army officers. 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 at Chelsea in 1801.

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:

  • regulations and orders from 1803 to 1908 relating to the administration of both the Duke of York's Royal Military School, the Royal Military Asylum for Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army and of the Royal Hibernian Military School.
  • minutes of the Commissioners of the Royal Military Asylum from 1801 to 1907
  • minutes of General Board meetings of the Commissioners of the Royal Military School from 1907 to 1953
  • registers of admissions and discharges of children to and from the Royal Military Asylum from 1803 to 1923
  • record of admission to the Royal Military School from 1906 to 1956
  • an index of admissions to the Royal Hibernian Military School from 1803 to 1919
  • letter books and accounts etc

findmypast includes a database "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.

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