The Royal Hibernian Military School, Dublin
The 1911 Census
Revue of the RHMS by the King, July 1911, Phoenix Park
Most census returns are limited to Location, Male or female, married –unmarried and employment. This report contains additional facts that will enable researchers to home in on their ancestors with Birthdays, their father’s Regiment, the Regiment Volunteered to or to whom apprenticed to.
Of the 407 boys entered into the official Census, each has been cross-referenced to the available data in the remaining ledgers of the RHMS. Each line of data, commences with the location within the ledger named. 27X + S5 represents WO143/27 and index page S5.
The four ledgers are available at the National Archives, Kew.
The first 4 columns of the report are Ledger references:
26X WO143/26 RHMS Discharges 1907-1931 WO143/78 RHMS Admissions & Discharges 1847-1877
27X WO143/27 RHMS Discharges 1836-1918 WO143/79 RHMS Admissions & Discharges1877-1931
Unfortunately, the admissions ledger from 1907 to 1931 was destroyed in 1942 with the bulk of the RHMS Archived material.
The remaining column heading are:-
Census 1911 + House +Image No. Position of the name in the image & Petition Plea No. for admission
BR Boys Religion GC Good Conduct Stripes Page Page No of Lost Ledgers
Class 1; Orphans . 2; Father deceased 3; Mother deceased 4; Father abroad or on foreign service
CE Census age RW Read & Write Census POB where born
Type Discharge code My notes Additional information. Errors Transcription errors in 1911 Census.
Transcription Errors below, are as written in the Census. The correct transcription can be discovered by
following the hyperlinks
GUINES HORGREAVES KEMBLE LEONORD MEDHURST NOORMAN
NEWTON Harvey E NEWTON Sidney L SNELLY
1911 Census RHMS . The numbers to the left of each frame are a guide for each line of data .
www.rhms-searcher.co.uk www.rma-searcher.co.uk Admission Ledgers
www.achart.ca History of the RHMS & RMA