18 March 2024 Finding Military Ancestors

Did you know that the Commisionaires you may see outside posh hotels, the BBC etc are retired non-commissioned officers with impeccable discipline records who are employed by the oldest security firm in the world, the Corps of Commissionaires, founded to find employment for such trustworthy notables after the Crimean War in 1859? Records of their engagement and serice can be found in the London Metropolitan Archives.