Colour brochure for the Bank of England Museum's 1997 exhibition entitled, 'From Gold to Paper Currency'.
Includes some information on the Bank of England Volunteers Corps.
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.