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THE FRESH VOLUNTEERS.
EAST LANCASHIRES SWORN IN.
The men from the 2nd V.B.E.L. Regiment, who will, with an equal number from the 1st Battalion, form the 1st Section of the new Active Service Company, were sworn in at Burnley on Saturday afternoon by Captain and Quartermaster Ley. Their names are as follows : -
Lieutenant Ramsbottom (Accrington);
Private G. Robins, W. Cox, B. V. Tyler, and
R. Howarth (Burnley);
Private J. W. Sharples (Padiham);
Sergeant W. Rishton, Privates A. H. Frost and
Catterall (Accrington);
Privates A. Ashcroft and W. Barton (Lytham);
Private A. Davies (Bacup);
Privates W. Heap and H. Kenyon (Ramsbottom).
The men will proceed to Fulwood Barracks, Preston, on Wednesday evening, to go through the necessary courses of training, and they will also take a course of musketry at Fleetwood. Altogether over 70 men volunteered, but the remainder had not the necessary physical and other requirements, the weak point generally being musketry.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 3 February 1902)
For the full article, see 'Burnley, Anglo-Boer War.'
EAST LANCASHIRES SWORN IN.
The men from the 2nd V.B.E.L. Regiment, who will, with an equal number from the 1st Battalion, form the 1st Section of the new Active Service Company, were sworn in at Burnley on Saturday afternoon by Captain and Quartermaster Ley. Their names are as follows : -
Lieutenant Ramsbottom (Accrington);
Private G. Robins, W. Cox, B. V. Tyler, and
R. Howarth (Burnley);
Private J. W. Sharples (Padiham);
Sergeant W. Rishton, Privates A. H. Frost and
Catterall (Accrington);
Privates A. Ashcroft and W. Barton (Lytham);
Private A. Davies (Bacup);
Privates W. Heap and H. Kenyon (Ramsbottom).
The men will proceed to Fulwood Barracks, Preston, on Wednesday evening, to go through the necessary courses of training, and they will also take a course of musketry at Fleetwood. Altogether over 70 men volunteered, but the remainder had not the necessary physical and other requirements, the weak point generally being musketry.
(Lancashire Daily Post, 3 February 1902)
For the full article, see 'Burnley, Anglo-Boer War.'