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Description: | Concept: recruiting, military personnel, uniform, animals, architecture, aristocrats, artillery, emblems, equestrian, flag / banner / standard, military exercises, military training, sports / pastimes, weapons, royalty Description: whole: five separate images are positioned in the upper half, with one image positioned across the bottom edge. The title is separate and positioned across the top, in blue outlined yellow, with the text separate and positioned mainly in the lower half, in blue. Further text is integrated and positioned lower centre and bottom edge right, in blue. All set against a white background. image: the main image is of six members of the Honourable Artillery Company, of different ranks and in different uniforms, including two on horseback, standing in front of a large building. Three other images show soldiers in action: firing a machine gun, operating an artillery gun, and pulling an artillery gun with a team of six horses. A further image depicts a Colour Party. The final image is of the Company's crest. text: HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY INFANTRY, COLOR PARTY, Full Dress. MACHINE GUN IN ACTION Field service Dress HORSE ARTILLERY, 15 Pr. Q.F. GUN IN ACTION, Field Service Dress. Captain General and Colonel, HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V. Colonel Commanding THE EARL OF DENBIGH AND DESMOND, C.V.O., A.D.C., T.D. (late R.H.A) Private Battalion, Drill Order Battalion Officer Undress Uniform Battalion Field Officer Review Order Artillery Officer, Review Order Sergeant Battalion, Review Order Artillery Gunner, Review Order THIS REGIMENT BEING NOW OPEN FOR RECRUITS THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS ARE GIVEN FOR THE INFORMATION OF THOSE WHO MAY BE DESIROUS OF JOINING CONSISTS of Two Horse Artillery Batteries, Two Ammunition Columns, and a Battalion of Four Companies of Infantry. RECRUITS on joining have to pay the following amounts:- Artillery - £7 2s. 6d. (Full Dress Uniform); £2 2s. (Annual Subscription) Infantry - £2 9s. 6d. (Full Dress Uniform); £2 2s. (Annual Subscription) The above are obligatory. In addition there are certain other small subscriptions for Games, etc., which are, however, entirely voluntary, and the Total Annual Expense, including Annual Subscription, Camp and al Games, should not exceed £4. THERE are opportunities for Drills every evening at Head Quarters for the various Arms. PRIZES are given for Skill in Gunnery, Rifle Shooting, etc., etc. HARNESS, Saddlery, Rifles, Bayonets, Accoutrements, Cloaks, Great Coats, Bearskin Caps, Water Bottles, with Field and Drill Uniforms, are supplied free by the Government or by the Company, and are not included in above prices. CAMPS are formed for Military Training and Gun Practice every year at a Military Station : generally during Whitsuntide. The Hon. Artillery Company has the unrivalled advantage of having a Drill Ground six acres in extent within 300 yards of Moorgate Street, where Cricket, Hockey, Football (Rugby and Association), Athletics, Games, Mounted Sports, etc., are held, and in the Armoury House, adjoining, are large Drill Halls, Billiard, Dining, Reading and Dressing Rooms, Lockers for Members' Uniforms, and other conveniences, and forming, in fact, a complete and convenient City Club. NOWHERE can business men employed in the City obtain such cheap facilities for Games and Sports. Applications to join, or for further particulars, should be made to The Secretary or The Adjutant. Head Quarters, Armoury House, City Road, Finsbury, E.C. HORSE ARTILLERY 15 Pounder Q.F. gun and team Review Order. Object: bearskin, machine gun, artillery piece, flag, sword | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Publisher/Sponsor: Honourable Artillery Company Associated Person: George V, King | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=2607... | Go to resource |
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