A final local anecdote from 1898, some 125 years ago. The commanding military officer of a Lanarkshire Yeomanry regiment was congratulating the troop on their appearance at a 2 day charitable event. Both temporary volunteers and the regular army stood side by side as the officer viewed the troop as a whole on the first […]
Throughout the 19th Century, the Volunteer D Company of Blantyre had served as an efficient contingent of the movement. Formed in 1859, the men who openly volunteered were drilled in the ways of the military, ever ready for the British cause, should war or military need arise. However, by 1893, with the then recent stoppage […]
In April 1909, the Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly news reported that the Blantyre company (of Territorials) were again up to strength with a decent compliment of young men enrolled for volunteer military duty. However, it was stated that there was always room for more. The reporter added the somewhat sarcastic comment to this news […]
Continuing our look at the former Greenhall Rifle Range, High Blantyre. In September 1867, just 4 months after the Volunteer Corps Rifle Range opened, an article appeared in the Hamilton Advertiser describing a competition held there. It is transcribed here, the interesting part for me listing the target distances the competition aimed to fire at. […]
I once heard there was a rifle range at Greenhall (not to be confused by the range at Dechmont or one which used to be on land that would become Logan Street). However, I’d not been able to confirm a Greenhall range….until now. On Saturday 1st June 1867, the 44th Rifle Volunteers in Blantyre […]