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