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Accession Number

NAM.2004-03-73-2

Description

Inventory description: Forms and correspondence associated with the financial implications of the abolition of purchase in the army in 1873; with particular reference to the effect on Lt Gen Sir Charles Knight Pearson CB, then commanding the 2nd Bn 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs); associated with Sir Richard Airey, the Hon Sir Percy Hobart KCB, Col the Hon A Anson VC MP and William Galbraith.