Volunteer Force
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The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859. Originally highly autonomous, the units of
Officer of the Exeter & South Devon Volunteers in 1852
Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh leading the Volunteer gathering in Brighton, 1863, depicted in the Illustrated London News
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.