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The History of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and Its Predecessors; The Birmingham Independent Volunteers, 1782; The Bir - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... Robert Girdler, to be Captaine of a Foote Company of 164a. Voluntiers raised or to be raised in the Townes of Bromichim and Bromichim-Aston, in the County of Warwicke, for the service and safety of the said County, which Company you are by vertue of this Commission to raise and to receive into yor charge and diligently to exercise the same, hereby commanding and requiring all Officers and Souldiers of the said Company to be obedient unto you as their Captaine; and you are to observe and follow all such orders and directions as you shall from tyme to tyme receive from the Parlament, this Council, or such others as either are or shall be authorised from them to that purpose according to the Disciplyne of Warre. "Given 16th November, 1649." This Robert Girdler, who was living in Edgbaston,,-,was the son of the Postmaster of Birmingham. Nothing more can be found of Captain Girdler until 1660, when the politics of the town had changed round, for about this time it was commended for " its readiness to serve the King and Country." On January nth, 1660, a letter was sent from H. Puckering and J. Shuckburgh from Warwick to Captain Robert Dodd at Birmingham, asking him " to secure Girdler of Birmingham, and all others of his phanatick principles." CHAPTER II. Birmingham Independent Volunteers. IN the Militia Act of 1778 we are brought a step nearer to the Volunteer of the present day, as it enacts that the commanding officer might accept a number of Volunteers to serve in the Militia; they might either be incorporated into the other companies or be formed into a distinct company under their own officers. Mr. Grose states that some of the Militia battalions had as many as fourteen Volunteer companies. These companies were entitled to the same...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230243003
- ISBN 13 9781230243009
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages142
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