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Originally Posted by Rob Miller
Many thanks for the replies.
I understand the Exeter Volunteers were originally Athletes Volunteers, so its interesting that the headquarter of the 1st(Exeter)Bn was at St James Park.
I really must visit the Devon records office.
Rob.
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Units of the Athletes Volunteer Force could be found up and down the country and it is therefore possible 'two' Volunteer units may have existed in Exeter - one AVF and the other VTC. This wasn't uncommon in the early days of the movement and the two amalgamating in 1916 would have the capacity to form a battalion. Inidividual units, especially in rural counties, at this time were usually too small to become battalions in their own right.