Coleford Company of Rifle Volunteers - ca. 1880's (General)

by Roger Griffiths @, Monday, February 08, 2010, 14:23 (5482 days ago) @ admin

1st and 2nd Rifle Volunteers (battalions) Gloucestershire Regiment were raised in 1859 like many others in UK against the perceived possibility of war with the French 2nd Empire. They were retitled as Volunteer Battalions in 1887 and as 4th and 5th Battalions, Glos. Regt. in 1908.

Roger


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