| Description | Includes:
- Pages 43-49: return of enrollment to the Banff Militia on the 25th August 1831 (arranged by parish);
- Pages 52-58: Return of men enrolled to serve in the Banffshire Militia in 1831 (records parish, name, substitute, age, class, date of enrollment);
- Pages 59-60: Return of men from the County of Banff enrolled to serve in the Invernessshire Militia who have not joined for training - also including men who have been rejected at head quarters, 18 Oct 1831 (records parish, name of man and substitute, and remarks);
- Pages 61-65: Return of men serving in the Inverness-shire etc. Militia for the county of Banff , 4 Nov 1831 (records parish, name, substitute, age, class, date of enrollment);
- Page 72: Return of Volunteers enrolled for the Banffshire Militia between 15-30 November 1854;
- Page 79: Return of Volunteers enrolled for the Banffshire Militia between 1-15 January 1855.
Also includes:
- Lists of deputy lieutenants (these are included throughout the volume as well as at the rear of the volume page 412-425);
- Copies of appointments of Deputy Lieutenants; commissions to officers in the miltia; and minutes relating to the appointment of Justices of the Peace;
- Letter to the Lord Lieutenant from the Commander in Chief of the Scottish Command, regarding recruitment at the start of the First World War, August 1914;
- Minutes of the Central Organising Committee for the County of Banff, 1914-1917 (to take precautionary measures in the event of invasion);
- Minutes of Executive Committee of the Emergency Committee for the County of Banff, 1915;
- Minutes of meeting to co-ordinate and regulate Voluntary Organisations interested in the provision of war comforts to soldiers, 1916;
At rear of volume (age 367 onwards): roll of copies of qualifications of Deputy Lieutenants, 1885-1919.
News cutting about Aberdeenshire plans for Royal Jubilee from 1935 interleaved in page 62/63. |
| Administrative History | The 10th Regiment of the North British Militia was formed from the Shires of Inverness, Elgin, Banff and Nairn in 1831. |