Some further information summarised from The History & Records of the Queen Victoria's Rifles 1792-1922, Compiled by Major C. A. Cuthbert Keeson:
"The St. George's Hanover Square Volunteers, The Old St. George's, were first formed in 1794. The uniform consisted of blue, long-tailed coats... the St. George and Dragon was the principal ornament on the pouches."
Disbanded in 1801 though reformed in 1803 and continued in some form until 1892.
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