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Written by: David Minshall

Biographic index of Irish riflemen

Young, Stamford Sheridan (1843-1901) Born: Penang, East Indies, 1843. Occupation: Banker. Major, 21st Middlesex, 1883. Died: East Preston, Sussex, 1901.
GB Rifle Volunteers vs US National Guard: 1883.

Wimbledon, 1866

Sir Henry Halford (1828-1897)

INDEX. “The country owes to him the debt which is due to a man who made the science of rifles, as well as the practice of rifle-shooting, the main pursuit of his life, who without thought of pecuniary advantage, laboured without ceasing to discover all that could be discovered about the infantry weapon and to bring that weapon to a state of perfection.” The Times, 5 January 1897

Wimbledon, 1866

Scotland

Biographic index of Scottish riflemen.

Wimbledon, 1866

The Woe’s of Corporal Peake

The year 1868 saw Corporal Peake of the 6th Lancashire finish 30th in the First Stage of the Queen’s Prize. This was enough to secure Peake £15 in prize money and advancement to the Second Stage where the top sixty riflemen were issued with Whitworth rifles to compete for the honour of the Queen’s Prize and its £250 prize money. The competition took place on Tuesday 21 July, during which Peake fired the then highest recorded score in the event. When news of his winning achievement spread he was carried off accompanied by a band and feted by his fellow Volunteers. The celebrations were however short lived.