Folder of miscellaneous papers about the Bank of England Volunteers, collected by Col J D Sainsbury, nd.
Includes some photocopied images and pages from books concerning the Bank of England Volunteers and several letters written to Col Sainsbury when he was undertaking his research.
From a collection of documents and research notes compiled by Col Sainsbury on the Bank of England Volunteers, K Coy, 25th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1798 (c)-1915 (c).
A regiment of the Bank of England Volunteers was first formed in 1798 to protect the Bank during the Napoleonic Wars, but was disbanded in 1814.
In 1860, four Corps of Civil Service Volunteers were raised and in 1866 four more were added, including the Bank of England Company.