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Independent rifle coys: 1860: Halifax Volunteer Bn: 1869: Halifax Volunteer Bn of Rifles: 1869: 63rd The Halifax Volunteer Bn of Rifles: 1870: 63rd The Halifax Bn of Rifles: 1885: Halifax Provisional Bn: 1885: Disbanded: 1900: 63rd Regt "Halifax Rifles" 1914: 40th Bn, CEF: 1917: Absorbed by 26th Reserve Bn, CEF: 1920: 1st Bn (40th Bn, CEF), The ...
The Halifax Volunteer Battalion (1860–1868) included six companies that were raised in present-day Halifax Regional Municipality.The six companies included the Scottish Rifles, Chebucto Grays, Mayflower Rifles, Halifax Rifles, Irish Volunteers and Dartmouth Rifles which were all raised in the fall of 1859. [1]
The battalion was under command of Lieutenant-Colonel James J. Bremner and consisted of 350 soldiers made up three companies from the Princess Louise Fusiliers, three companies of the 63rd Halifax Rifles (formerly the Halifax Volunteer Battalion), and two companies of the 1st "Halifax" Brigade of Garrison Artillery, with 32 officers. The ...
Thomas J. Egan played a key role alongside Halifax taxidermist Andrew Downs in preparing Canada's taxidermy display for the 1883 International Fisheries Exhibition in London. He spent $248 on specimen procurement. [12] In the fall of 1888, Maj. Egan published "History of the Halifax Volunteer Battalion and Volunteer Companies: 1859-1887". [3]
1st Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery; 2nd Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery; 3rd Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery; 4th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery; 5th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery; 6th Battery, Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery
Salisbury is the northernmost town in Massachusetts, with its northwestern corner (where Elmwood Street meets the New Hampshire border) being at approximately 42°53'12.26". Lying along the northern banks of the Merrimack River at its mouth, the town is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Merrimack River and Newburyport to the south ...
These were the Exeter and South Devon Volunteers, formed in 1852, who became the 1st Devonshire Rifle Volunteers (and were often referred to as the 1st Rifle Volunteer Corps), and the Victoria Rifles (descended from the Duke of Cumberland's Sharpshooters, formed in 1803) who became the 1st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. An order of precedence was ...
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