Description

[004875] [Alnwick Artillery Volunteers] Five Pieces of Ephemera Relating to Alnwick Volunteers. No Place: No Publisher, First Edition. Various. Unbound. Ephemera. Good. Five pieces of ephemera, various sizes and dates, but between 1862 and 1878, and probably all published in Alnwick, with four relating to the Percy Artillery Volunteers, and one to the 5th Northumberland Volunteer Rifle Corps

Lightly browned and lightly creased, the largest item with several closed tears, including to folds and edges, all with minor evidence of being removed from a scrap album

The first item is a handbill dated 1862, approximately 125mm x 205mm in size, relating to a bazaar held in Alnwick to fund the 5th Northumberland Volunteer Rifle Corps. The second item is a handbill, approximately 225mm x 200mm in size, which gives the strength in numbers of the Percy Artillery Volunteers for the years 1871-2. The third item, approximately 260mm x 205mm in size, is the financial statement for the year 1877-78. The fourth, approximately 210mm x 325mm, is an extract from the annual return of the Percy Artillery Volunteer Brigade, from 1878, showing the staff and the numerical strength of the various units; with the fifth, from 1877, approximately 745mm x 510mm in size, showing the strength of the Artillery Volunteers, with a list of ranks and names