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 in 1787 and 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. Notable members of the unit included saddler and future police magistrate Richard Birnie, pianomaker James Broadwood, playwright Isaac Pocock and Charles Roworth, author of The
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2024-09-11T14:10:15Z
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2024-09-11T14:19:26Z
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