Volunteers Shooting Competition 1863
On Whit Monday 1863 the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Volunteer Battalions held an exercise after which there were shooting competitions for the men.
Entrants include
EVR = Essex Volunteer Rifles
Ist EVT
Captain C Russell - Corporal R J Hardy
2nd EVR
Captain Cotesworth -Lieut Wilson - Ensign Mitchell - Sergeants Newing, Taylor and Glenny - Privates W Blewitt, Brown, Allard, Gattey, Wiskar
3rd EVR
Captain T Hill - Sergeant S Bush - Corporal J Hill
4th EVR
Lieut F Chancellor - Sergeant G Mathams - Corporal F H Meggy
5th EVR
Major Birt - Lieuts W J Nixon, W Fry - Ensign Duckham - Sergeant Palmer - Corporal G Richas
6th EVR
Captain J F Bishop, Lieut J F P Osborne - Corporals Pertwee, H Hardy, F Wright - Privates Coomber, F Jones, H A S Jones, John Taylor, H Farmer, G Farmer, W Bagg jnr
7th EVR
Lieut C T Barnard, Ensign Knapping
12th EVR
Sergeant Stark - Private Beddall
13th EVR
Ensign Fane
15th EVR
Corporal Bennett
16th EVR
Lieut Fry, Col Sergeant J Bones, Sergeants Balls, W Nicholson - Corporals Nicholson, J Bones Surgeon W Manthorp
17th EVR
Ensign Bellingham - Corporals Miller, Stokes - Privates Nicholls, F Leverett
19th EVR
Ensign Chaplin
21st EVR
Captain Burgess - Corporal Burgess
22nd EVR
Sergeant Follitt - Corporal Gilbert - Private Jones
23rd EVR
Ensign C Pulley - Sergeant Solley
2nd Essex Artillery Volunteer
Sgt Major G Biddell - Sergeant W H Sackett - Corporal F Ash - Gunners G Mann, G Medbree, Travis, Francis