2nd C.R.V. (Earl of Chester’s Rifles)

[Mercian]

I have just bought a very nice Officers Blue Cloth Helmet to the 2nd. Cheshire R.V. (Earl of Chester’s Rifles) from DNW. It's in very nice condition, but the best part for me was to find inside the initials C.W.H. I had a quick search and soon found the original owner.
Charles Whiteway Hazlehurst, born 1859, the son of Charles Hazlehurst of Runcorn, Cheshire.
Charles Whiteway Hazlehurst, Gent, to be Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary). 6th April 1881. F & G Companies of the 2nd. C.R.V. (Earl of Chester’s Rifles). The under mentioned Lieutenant to be Captain: — Charles Whiteway Hazlehurst. 17th August 1881. Major 2nd Volunteer Battalion Cheshire Regiment September 1887, retired in 1898.
2nd (Earl of Chester's) Volunteer Infantry. Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Welsh Border Volunteer Infantry Brigade); Headquarters, Drill hall, AIbion Street; Battalion Staff, Hon. John Ashton,V.D. commanding; Charles William Hazlehurst & R. A. Yerburgh, majors;

[manchesters]

Thats a beauty George.

great to attribute it to.

regards

[grenadierguardsman]

Very nice Blue Cloth Helmet indeed.
Andy

[Peter Brydon]

Superb item

Peter

[Mike B]

Hi George
Great item in its own right, but your research has taken it to a whole new level. I am pleased it found a home with a 'two Twos' specialist
Mike

[Mike B]

For the puzzled ...

Motto:

'Ever Glorious'
Nicknames:

The "Old Two-Twos" (from their numeral 22), "The Two-twos", "Twos";
The "Young Buffs" (from their buff uniform facings and the regiment's relative youth compared to the 3rd Regiment of Foot, known as the Buffs and formed in 1665);
The "Peep o'Day Boys" (after a Protestant vigilante group in 19th-century Ireland);
The "Lightning Conductors" (after the regiment's 2nd Battalion was struck by lightning on 4th August 1899). The Battalion had left Limerick in Ireland and were marching towards Upperchurch at the time, in open country with fixed bayonets.
Titles to date:

Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of Foot;
22nd Regiment of Foot;
22nd (the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot;
The Cheshire Regiment;
1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire);