VB's locations
Saffron Walden is in Essex yet the 17th Rifle Volunteers who were raised there in 1860 were included as 2nd Admin Btn Cambridge Rifle Volunteers these eventually became 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Btn of The Suffolk Regt.
The history of Rifle Volunteers and Volunteer Btns is complex to say the least, Ray Westlake's excellent book "The Rifle Volunteers" is a must for anyone trying to unravel this difficult subject.
Rob
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