Dorset Rifle Volunteers
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The Dorset Rifle Volunteers,, was a unit of the Volunteer Force of the British Army located in the county of Dorset. The volunteers amalgamated to form the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Dorset Regiment as
Men of the 3rd (Dorchester) Rifle Corps in 1863. Pte. J. Godwin, standing 6th from left.
The National Rifle Association is the national governing body for fullbore rifle and pistol shooting sports in the United Kingdom founded in 1859. Its main activities includes organising civilian targ
Queen Victoria firing the opening shot of the NRA's first Imperial Meeting on Wimbledon Common, July 1860
NRA Secretary Charles Robert Crosse, caricatured in Vanity Fair's "Men of the Day" series in 1912
NRA Headquarters at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley Camp