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The unit draws its history from the 19th century Halifax Volunteer Battalion which was active at the time of the Fenian Raids. It received its current name in May 1958. It received its current name in May 1958.
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]
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]
Chearnley was in command of the volunteer rifle brigade on 24 July 1860 upon the landing of the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII) in Halifax. [14] He was referenced in correspondence with Admiral Henry Seymour and his father George Seymour as the colonel leading more than 600 well-drilled volunteers, who showcased various maneuvers ...
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 ...
Royal Nova Scotia Volunteers: 1775–1783: King's Orange Rangers: 1776–1783: 1st Field Artillery: from 1791: Royal Nova Scotia: 1793–1802: Nova Scotia Fencibles: 1803–1816: Halifax Rifles: from 1860: Princess Louise Fusiliers: from 1867: 78th Highland: 1869–1871: Cape Breton Highlanders: from 1871: Nova Scotia Rifles: 1914–1919: No. 2 ...
The regiment's headquarters (now an area headquarters of the Yorkshire Regiment) and archives are at Wellesley Park in Halifax. In 1860 Edward Akroyd paid for and recruited the 4th Yorkshire West Riding (Halifax) Rifle Volunteers, absorbing the 7th battalion formed in 1959. In 1883 the title of the regiment changed to the First Volunteer ...
Edward Akroyd became a Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Yorkshire West Riding (Halifax) Rifle Volunteers in 1861, and served as a member of Parliament. Akroyd's kindness was well known, and many had cause to be grateful to him. They felt his problems as keenly as their own when some of his overseas investments failed and he suffered great ...