Record

Document Reference	Ga 2 E 1280
Title	Letter from John Shelley, Shobrooke Park, Crediton, [Devon] to George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway; 15 Feb. 1900
Date	15 February 1900
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Apologies for being unable to attend the meeting of O.C. Yeomanry Regiment. Agrees with Galway that a months training under canvas is impossible for recruits from the farming class in rurak districts. Suugests that 10 days training under canvas be given, but the cost must be met by public funds, not paid for by the officers.
Term	cavalry, yeomanry
Term	militia, training

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
DS/UK/84445	Shelley; John (1848-1931); 9th Baronet; son of Rev. Sir Frederick Shelley, 8th Bt. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry, Deputy Lieutenant for Devon	1848-1931

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