Corps of Commissionaires

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The Corps of Commissionaires refers to a global movement in Commonwealth countries of societies created to provide meaningful employment for veterans of the armed services. The Commissionaires movement traces its roots to 1859, when Captain Sir Edward Walter KCB organized seven disabled veterans of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny to act as nightwatchmen. Commissionaires appear in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" and "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty." rdf:langString
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rdf:langString The Corps of Commissionaires refers to a global movement in Commonwealth countries of societies created to provide meaningful employment for veterans of the armed services. The Commissionaires movement traces its roots to 1859, when Captain Sir Edward Walter KCB organized seven disabled veterans of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny to act as nightwatchmen. Commissionaires appear in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" and "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty."
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