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Description: | Summer 1900
The Leeds Rifles were founded in 1859 as the 7th Yorkshire, Leeds Rifle Volunteer Corps. In 1887 they became the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Prince of Wales Own, West Yorkshire Regiment Leeds Rifles, shown here in 1900. Many of the officers in the regiment came from prestigious Leeds families including the Kitson, Lupton and Tetley families. A full list of offices follows in order of rank: Charles Ryder Honorary Colonel, Edmund Wilson Hon. Col. (President Thoresby Society), Frederick William Tannett-Walker Honorary Lieutenant Colonel (lived at Carr Manor), George Herbert Rowe Hon.Lt.Col. (Warder Lyddon Hall, Yorkshire College), John Walter Stead Honorary Major, Lewis Motley Hon. Major, Charles Samuel Bedford Hon. Major (brother of James, Lord Major), Walter Braithwaite Hon. Major (the local artist), Joseph Charles Chambers Hon. Major (raised the Leeds ASC 1908), George Wright Captain and Quarter Master, Albert Edward Kirk Captain (Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects), Frederick Charles Bousfield Captain, Edwin Kitson Clark MA Captain (nephew of James Kitson; later President Thoresby Society), George Washington Chadwick Captain, Edward Octavious Croft MD Surgeon Captain, Gerard Elin Lietenant, James Whitelaw Alexander MD Lt, Charles Harold Tetley Lt (son of Lord Mayor), Robert Arthur Hudson Lt, Frederick McCulloch Jowitt 2nd Lietenant, Norman Darton Lupton 2nd Lt (bequested art collection to the City of Leeds), Sydney Decimus Kitson ARIBA 2nd Lt (son of James), Wilfred Law Illingworth 2nd Lt, Benjamin Andus Hirst 2nd Lt, Gerald Adshead 2nd Lt, Alexander Talbot Baines 2nd Lt (nephew of Sir Edward), Stanley Crawford Fitch 2nd Lt, Joaquim Antonio Agostinho de Macedo 2nd Lt (son of Portuguese consul), John Barrett Redmayne 2nd Lt. Senior Officers are seated on the central row. Second Lietenants would be seated on the floor on the first row. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Leeds Rifles Third Volunteer Battalion Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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