Alt_Ref_No1999.34
Ref No578-K/5/10/1/2
TitleHallamshire Battalion camps and events
DescriptionOfficer and companies 1861, presentation of Colours 1908, Coronation Day parade 1911, Hyde Park Barracks on mobilisation 1914, Totley Rifle Range 1914 and 1932, Strensall rifle meeting 1932, trophies and sports teams, Endcliffe Hall garden party to celebrate 75th anniversary 1934, wedding of Capt. D.E. Lockwood and Mary Roberts 1939, Officers 1944 and 1947, dinners and feasts 1949, presentation of silver centrepiece by City of Sheffield 1949. Photographs of camps at Bridlington 1912, Aberystwyth 1913, Whitby 1914 and 1921, Scarborough 1922 and 1934, Skegness 1925, Beverley 1928 and 1935, Wathgill 1931, Ripon 1933, Halton 1937, Redcar 1938, Douglas on Isle of Man 1939, Rolston 1948 and 1949, and Buxton 1949. Also contains Volunteer Commissions of James Willis Dixon 1865 and Charles Henry Gilbert Hay 1896 (latter signed by Queen Victoria); press articles on the foundation of Territorial Army 1908, the late Col. H. Hughes, the Hallamshires in the Great War; Instructions for field training for the West Riding Division Territorial Force 1914; reunion dinner menus; obituary of Field Marshall Plumer with order of procession and instructions for the troops taking part in the funeral 1932. Photographs have captions and some individuals are named.
Date1861-1949
FormatPhotograph
Extent412 pieces
Access StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/4462Plumer; Herbert Charles Onslow (1857-1932); Field Marshal; 1st Viscount Plumer; G.C.B. G.C.M.G. G.C.V.O. G.B.E.1857-1932
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