Article: Defenders of the Bank Portrayed.
Written by Eric Kelly, former Curator at the Bank of England Museum, about the Bank of England Volunteers.
The article appeared in 'Country Life'.
A much-edited version of his article, this gives information about the Bank of England Volunteers in the late eighteenth century.
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.