Officer, 1st London Volunteer Rifle Corps (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade), 1895 (c)

Glass negative, W Gregory and Company, 51 Strand, London, 1895 (c).

This corps was originally raised in 1859 1st London (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade) Rifle Volunteer Corps, a rifle volunteer unit made up of five companies. On 1 July 1881 it was made part of the King's Royal Rifle Corps as its 9th Volunteer Battalion. Ten years later, in December 1891, it was renamed the 1st London Volunteer Rifle Corps (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade). The unit was one of the largest rifle volunteer units in London. In 1908 it became a battalion of the newly reorganised London Regiment, as part of the Territorial Force that was formed in that year.

One of a collection of 278 glass negatives, Gregory and Company, London, 1895 (c)-1900.