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Old 24-08-20, 08:44 PM
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newspapers.com comes up with this from the Morning Post, London 20/12/1870,

West London Rifle Volunteers, "Sergeant W. Saul who has three consecutive times won the Graham Challenge Cup". Unfortunately that is as far as I can get on that site as I don't have a subscription.

The units full title was 4th [West London Rifles] Middlesex Volunteers and the Graham Challenge Cup must have been for shooting.

David.
Well done David, I tried and failed.

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