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Welcome to my web site! Welcome to my homepage I hope you find my web site interesting. This web site is mainly dedicated to my research into my family history Link to Wilkinson & Howarth Family History Pages You will also find some information relating to my current project which is writing a history of the Oldham Volunteer Corps for the period 1798 to 1908 This includes the following volunteer corps: Oldham
Foot Association , formed 12 June 1798 disbanded 1802, commanded by Major
John Lees Oldham
Horse Association, formed 27 June 1798 disbanded 1802, Commanded by Captain
Ralph Kershaw then by Captain John
Twemlow Oldham
Loyal Volunteers, formed 20 November 1799 disbanded 1802, commanded by
Major John Lees Oldham
Loyal Volunteers, re-formed 6 September 1803 disbanded 1808, commanded by
Lt Col John Lees Oldham
Local Militia, formed 1809 disbanded April 1816, commanded by Lt Col John
Lees Oldham
Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, formed 24 June 1817 disbanded 1828, commanded by
Captain John Taylor
Oldham Rifle Volunteers, formed 1st Feb 1860, known as the 31st
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, Oldham Rifle volunteers were commanded by Lt Col John George Blackburne 1860-1872, Lt Col Thomas Evans Lees 1872-1878, Lt Col Ed Brown Lees 1878-1885, Lt Col James Greaves Ireland 1885-1889, Lt Col Joseph Crompton Lees 1889-1898, Lt Col James Robert Harries-Jones 1898-1903, Lt Col George Henry Hollingworth, 1903-1907, Lt Col Charles Hodgkinson 1907> Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry - Oldham Troop, 1872 - 1908
I would be interested to hear from anyone who has information or material relating to any of the above Volunteer Corps.
STOP PRESS : The book has now been published, for further details please visit the JAGI Publishing web siteLink to Oldham Yeomanry Cavalry My other interest is re-enactment during the Napoleonic period and I am a member of the 2nd battalion 95th Rifles please visit our web site for further information. www.95th-rifles.co.uk
This page was last updated on 2 May 2009 |