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Add MS 88906/13/4
- Record Id:
- 040-002403595
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000583799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002261.0x000001
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- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88906/13/4
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- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous War Office papers. Contents include:
1. Papers relating to William Hope, V.C., and his claim to have invented the shrapnel shell.
2. Printed memoranda on army pensions, the management of Chelsea Hospital, and other matters.
3. Papers relating to the proposal to make Oxford a military centre, with a memorial objecting to the proposal from fellows and tutors of Oxford colleges, 1872.
4. Draft of a memorandum on the proposed reorganisation of the course of instruction at Sandhurst, 1873.
5. List of cadets expelled from the Royal Military Academy, 1873.
6. Papers relating to the constitution and work of the Intelligence Department, 1874.
7. Papers relating to the Royal Engineers and their secondment to other services.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000583799
033-002403563
036-002403588
040-002403595 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88906 : The Bowood Papers
Add MS 88906/12-27 : Papers of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (b 1845, d 1927), Viscount Clanmorris 1845-1863, Earl of Kerry 1863-1866 and…
Add MS 88906/13 : Official papers: correspondence and papers of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne as Under-Secretary for War
Add MS 88906/13/4 : Miscellaneous War Office papers. Contents include:1. Papers relating to William Hope, V.C., and his claim to have invented… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000583799[0003]/033-002403563[0002]/036-002403588[0004]/040-002403595
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88906
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1872
- End Date:
- 1874
- Date Range:
- 1872-1874
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)