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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 [[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.
[http://www.rma-searcher.co.uk/ The RHMS, Dublin & the RMA, Chelsea] - This site contains transcriptions of the admission records to the schools.
[[Category:British Army]]
