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Originally Posted by Drew
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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Out of interest, in
1892 the
6th Middlesex (St. George's) Volunteer Rifle Corps, amalgamated with the
1st Middlesex (Victoria) Volunteer Rifle Corps, to form the
1st Middlesex (Victoria & St. George's) Volunteer Rifle Corps [as per lineage diagram Chris included in post #8].
JT 1 MX RVC.jpg
The Victoria Rifles were formed almost forty years prior to this in 1853, sanctioned by Queen Victoria, at the recommendation of the Marquess of Salisbury. This Volunteer Rifle Corps was to consist of three-hundred men, formed into four companies of seventy-five men each, and with the following establishment of officers:
Lieutenant Colonel = 1
Major = 1
Captains = 4
First Lieutenants = 4
Second Lieutenants = 4
Adjutant = 1
Surgeon = 1
Regards,
JT