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Description: | Notice from the Deputy Lieutenants of the Rifle Corps to the inhabitants of the Horncastle District. “The Deputy-Lieutenants beg to publish for the guidance of all who may wish to become “Rifle Volunteers” some information as to their probable duties, expenses, and the assistance they will receive from the Government.” 1860.
On reverse: Handwritten draft minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Horncastle Volunteer Rifle Corps. Records that the Secretary was directed to write to Mr Toynbee to inform him that upwards of 60 members have volunteered and that a practice ground has been inspected and approved. Also provides a list of the officers who have been elected.
Held at Messrs Clitherows’ Offices on 21 Feb 1860. | Subjects: | Military | Temporal: | 21.2.1860 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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