King's Lynn Rifle Corps

[Lynn Advertiser 3 September 1859]

*William Linay Armes, William Bailey, William P. Baker, *Thomas Batterbee, *Edward M. Beloe, *James Bowker, Cassius Daniel Boyce, *Charles Bristow, William H. Callaby, William Carr, *Owen J. Carter, *Ebenezer Choate, *William Clifton, Jr., *William Alfred Cooper, *John James Coulton, *Francis Joseph Cresswell, *Gerard Oswin Cresswell, *Captain Cresswell, R.N., *Robinson Cruso, Jr., *Herbert William Day, Edward W. Duffield, *Frederic Augustine Durrant, *John Dye, *Henry Edwards, *Henry Elsden Everard, Joseph Flanders, Jeremiah Fox, *John Gibson, G. Girton, *Somerville Arthur Gurney, *John Hart, Jr., *Henry Hollway, *John Haycock Horsley, James Howard, *John King Jarvis, *Thomas Marsters Kendall, *Frederic Kendle, James Levy, *John Lowe, *William Mansell Lupton, *James Lyther, *Thomas Batman Marriott, *George W. Mingay, *William Monement, *Walter William Moyse, Robert Nelson, *George Philcox, Jr., *Arthur Plews, Frederick W. Plowright, *Josiah F. Reddie, *Edwin Rudd, *Arthur Saunders, Robert Sconce, James Snelling, *Alan Henry Swatman, *Francis John Swatman, James Towell, R. Vincent, Henry Walker, *William Walker, Walter Wanford, *Henry Wells, John Whitby, *Richard Whitwell, *Ambrose G. Whiting, *Thomas M. Wilkin.
* denotes that the volunteer either wholly or partially equipped himself.


[Lynn Advertiser Saturday 29 June 1867.]

The corps, their commanding officers and their tent lines:

Line Unit     Commanding Officer
Front King's Lynn 5th 1st Company Captain S.A. Gurney
Second King's Lynn 5th 2nd Company Captain Edwards
Third Aylsham 6th   Captain Scott
Fourth Holkham 11th   Lieutenant Blyth
Fifth Reepham 12th   Ensign Parker
  Holt 19th   Ensign Wilkinson
Sixth Swaffham 16th   Ensign Harrison
Seventh Snettisham 17th   Captain Hamilton
Eighth Downham Market 23rd   Captain Reed
Ninth North Walsham 24th   Lieutenant Baker
Tenth Dereham 15th   Captain Bulwer

The members of the 1st Company (Lynn):
Capt. Com. Gurney; Lieut. Swatman; Ensign Moyse; Hon. Surgeon Kendall; Assist. Surgeon Barrett; Color-Sergt. Agger; Sergt. Elliott; Armourer Sergt. Clerk; Sergt. Pratt; Sergt. Pridgeon; Corporal Andrews; Corporal Blencowe; Corporal Plowright; Corporal Wright; Privates Haughton, Aldham, Hart, Hazelby, Dickinson, Playle, Bone, Renaut, Holmes, Hettich, Rüst, Winlove, Dunger, Bailey, Snelling, Matthews, Gibson, Fox, Dickerson, Orviss, Hill, Lindsey, Plain, J.W. Bone, Knights, Bailey, Hawley, Pipe, Howarth, Hodgkinson, Sheppard, G. Murrell, Southwell, Lake, Rivett, Barnes, Huggins, J.C. Potter, Goodwin, Sellars, Brainsby, Beloe; Bugler Fox; Sergt. Instructor Lorimer.

The members of the 2nd Company (Lynn):
Capt. Edwards; Lieut. Marriott; Ensign F. Kendle; Qr. Mast. Sergt. A. Jones; Color-Sergt. T.O. Moyse; Sergt. Batterbee, Sergt. Potter; Corporal Green; Corporal Smith; Corporal Robinson; Privates Patrick, Rose, Withers, Greaves, Lunn, Colman, Woodwark, Thurnell, Garnett, Nelson, Lake, Coe, Anderson, Flaxman, E. Howes, White, Beeson, Hendry, Daws, Partridge, Bibby, Harald, Crisp, Everitt, T. Collinson, W. Jones, Burnaby, Flanders, Kew, Bussons, Coston, Register, Drake, Anderson, Buck, Rayner, Goodchild, Smart, Medlock, J. Register, Kirkby, Daws, Skerry, Hunter, Peck, True, Cooke, Bowen, Gamble, Sedgwick, Cuthbert, Howard, Collison, Greeves, Nichols, Cooper, Sampson, Exley, Cochrane, Rust, Wade, Hillam, Walden, Sawyer, Sparkes, Flanders, Medcalf, Baimbridge.


[Lynn Advertiser Saturday 3 July 1869.]

Head Quarters, East Dereham;
comprising 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 23rd and 24th Corps.

Rank Officer Appointment
Hon. Colonel The Right Hon. Lord Suffield 18th May, 1866
Lieut.-Col. J. Duff (late Major 23rd Foot) 18th May, 1866
Majors James Hollway
Sir Francis G.M. Boileau
8th July, 1864
10th June, 1867
Adjutant Henry Bathurst (late Capt. 23rd Foot) 13th April, 1860
Hon. Qr.-Master Fred. W. Abram  
Hon. Asst.-Qr.-Mast. W.T. Gedney 24th March, 1868
Surgeon Thomas Marsters Kendall 27th June, 1865
Asst.-Surgeons Horace Hastings
Stephen M. Hopson
27th April, 1868
6th February, 1869
Hon. Chaplain Rev. Jas. Murray, B.A. 18th June, 1867

5th Corps (King's Lynn)

Capt.-Commandant Somerville Arthur Gurney 31st December, 1866
Captain T.B. Marriott, vice Edwards 13th April, 1868
Lieutenants Francis John Swatman
Frederick Kendle
20th March, 1867
3th April, 1867
Ensigns Walter W. Moyse
Oxley Moyse
20th March, 1867
29th June, 1868
Asst.-Surgeons Thos. M. Kendall
Jos. W. Barrett
4th April, 1867
4th April, 1867
Hon. Chaplain Rev. Thomas White February 1868

Cadet Corps (Attached)

Hon. Lieut Walter W. Moyse 3rd August, 1869
Ensign C.W. Croad  

6th (Aylsham)

Captain Charles W. Archdale
(late Capt. 85th Foot)
11th December, 1868
Lieutenant    
Ensign Thomas R. Evans 7th August, 1860
Hon. Chaplain Rev. Edmund T. Yates 7th August, 1860

11th (Holkham)

Captain James Hollway 29th August, 1860
Lieutenant Chas. H. Day Blyth 23rd December, 1862
Ensign Edmund P. Middleton 23rd December, 1862
Hon. Asst.-Surgeon Frederick Long 7th February, 1867

12th (Reepham)

Lieutenant J.R.T. Hastings Parker 26th March, 1868
Ensign William Matthews 29th April, 1868

15th (East Dereham)

Captain Wm. Earle G. Lytton Bulwer
(late Lieut. and Capt. Scotch Fusilier Guards)
7th February 1861
Lieutenant Edward Barwell 31st January, 1866
Ensign Fred. William Abram 19th July, 1866
Hon. Asst.-Surgeon Horace Hastings 3rd October, 1863
Hon. Chaplain Rev. B.J. Armstrong 19th July, 1866

16th (Swaffham)

Captain Wm. A.T. Amhurst August, 1860
Lieutenant Horace S. Marriott 19th July 1866
Ensign Edward Harrison 10th September, 1866
Hon. Asst.-Surgeon Edmund Reeve 18th August, 1860
Hon. Chaplain Rev. Bircham Houchen 6th February, 1869

17th (Heacham)

Captain John de C. Hamilton 15th August, 1864
Lieutenant Charles W. Preedy 24th October, 1864
Ensign Henry Jas. Coldham 24th October, 1864
Hon. Chaplain Rev. H.H. Bridgewater 27th August, 1860
Hon. Asst.-Surgeon Rowland Flockton 27th August, 1860

19th (Holt)

Captain George Wilkinson 3rd June, 1860
Lieutenant Rev. Charles Noons 29th June, 1860
Ensign    

23rd (Downham)

Captain Thos. Lancelot Reed 2nd June, 1863
Lieutenant William T. Brackenbury 2nd June, 1863
Ensign John Thomas Nunn 14th August, 1868
Hon. Asst.-Surgeon T.G. Wales, jun. 8th August, 1861
Hon. Chaplain Rev. E.C.K. Bearcroft 22nd June, 1863

24th (North Walsham)

Captain James Duff (late Major 23rd Foot) 13th November, 1862
Lieutenant Robert S. Baker 27th December, 1865
Ensign Edwd. D. Horsfield 18th May, 1867
Hon. Chaplain Rev. Jas. Murray 12th November, 1863
Hon. Asst.-Surgeon Edwd. Mead, M.D. 12th November, 1863