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| The Volunteers. |
| 1ST V.B. MANCHESTER REGT. - WIGAN DETACHMENT |
| HEADQUARTERS, 19, CHURCH STREET. |
| DRILL HALL, POWELL STREET. |
| Commanding Detachment, Captain Darlington. |
| Total enrolled strength, 473. |
| A COMPANY - 89 strong. - Commissioned Officers : Captain Jackson and Lieutenants Hedley and Hewlett. Non-Commissioned Officers : Colour-Sergeant ; Sergeants Langshaw, Ashton, Warburton, and Owens. Bugle-Sergeant Mee. |
| B COMPANY - 99 strong. - Commissioned Officers : Captain H. Darlington and Lieutenant France ; Non-Commissioned Officers : Colour-Sergeant Weatherby ; Sergeants Baines, Bannister, Lowe and Evans. |
| C COMPANY - 110 strong. - Commissioned Officers : Captain J. H. Walker and Lieutenant L. E. G. Bryan. Non-Commissioned Officers : Colour-Sergeant Dewhurst ; Sergeants Fort, Hackett, Doran, and Gummerson. |
| D COMPANY - 95 strong. - Commissioned Officers : Captain Aubrey and Lieutenant Knowles. Non-Commissioned Officers : Colour-Sergeant Gibson ; Sergeants Mann, Rigby, Walsh, and Lloyd. |
E COMPANY - 80 strong. - Commissioned Officer : Captain Hilton. Non-Commissioned Officers : Colour-Sergeant S. Hall ; Sergeants Astle, Topping, Taylor, and W. S. Scott.
Bandmaster - J. C. Wright.
Band Sergeant - Sergeant Aspinall.
Sergeant-Major - James Butters.
Captain and Adjutant - A. Bell, 48th Regiment.
Hon. Colonel - J. H. Chambers.
Lieutenant-Colonels - Earl of Crawford, Wilbraham, and R. A. ffarington.
Majors. - R. A. ffarington and J. Higson.
Surgeon - W. M. Roocroft.
Hon. Surgeon - G. H. Evans.
Acting Surgeon - J. A. Mackenzie, M.B.
Acting Chaplain - Hon. and Rev. G. T. O. Bridgeman, M.A.
Quarter-Master - Vacant. |
| Uniform - Green (scarlet facings). Head-quarters of Battalion, 42, Lancaster Avenue, Fennel Street, Manchester. |
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| HINDLEY DETATCHMENT. |
| 145 of all ranks. |
| I COMPANY - Captain, J. A. Read ; Colour-Sergeant, James Smith ; Sergeants, James Booth, C. E. Dunn, Richard Kenyon, and S. Beetle. Two Buglars, and 61 rank and file. Total 69. |
| K COMPANY - Captain, J. N. Cross ; Colour-Sergeant, R. Lord ; Sergeants, J. Westhead, W. Holcroft, Jon. Smith, and Thos. Baxendale. Two Buglers, and 67 rank and file. Total 76. |
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| Sergeant Instructor, W. Warner. |
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| This Corps forms two Companies of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion L.N.L. Regiment, whose Head-quarters are at Bolton. |
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