'Highland Chieftains': Officer Selection, Status and Identity in The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), c.1902-1918 (thesis data)

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Description

Biographical data collected on officers commissioned in The Black Watch between 01/06/1902 and 31/12/1919. This takes the form of a single file, consisting of 10 individual spreadsheets. The file can be opened with any spreadsheet software, (e.g., Microsoft Excel). Data was collected manually from the WO76, WO339 and WO374 series of officers' service records at the British National Archives, the 1901 and 1911 Censuses (National Archives), the Scotch Education Department's registers of leaving certificates (National Records of Scotland), and the rolls of service of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow.
The data files are embargoed until 06/11/2030
Date made available6 Nov 2030
PublisherUniversity of St Andrews
Date of data production25 Oct 2022 - 23 May 2025

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