Royal Westminster Volunteers
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Royal Westminster Volunteers
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The St Anne's Volunteers was a Volunteer Corps formed in the parish of St Anne's Soho, renamed the Royal Westminster Volunteers by permission of George III in 1797. By then it was made up of two Companies. By 1798 it consisted of one grenadier company, six grenadier battalions, and one light infantry battalion. Volunteers for the unit included Richard Birnie, pianomaker James Broadwood, playwright Isaac Pocock and Charles Roworth, author of The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad Sword and Sab
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2024-09-11T14:10:15Z
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