The 2nd Royal Cheshire Militia was a militia infantry battalion raised in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England in 1853. Later linked to the regular Cheshire Regiment as its 4th (Militia) Battalion, the unit served in the Second Anglo-Boer War before disbandment in 1908.
2nd Royal Cheshire Militia Regimental Colours
History[]
- 25 July 1853: 2nd Royal Cheshire Militia raised in Macclesfield.
- 1 July 1881: Renamed 4th (Militia) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
- The battalion was embodied on 22 January 1900, and the following month travelled to South Africa to fight in the Second Anglo-Boer War. Subsequently awarded battle honour South Africa 1900-'02. Most of the battalion, 15 officers and 420 men, left Cape Town in April 1902 and arrived home the following month.[1]
- 31 July 1908: Disbanded.
Commanding officers[]
The first commanding officer was Lieutenant-Colonel William Davenport Davenport, appointed 5 April 1853.[2] Following Davenport's death, he was succeeded by George Cornwall Legh MP on 20 March 1869.[3] On Legh's resignation Henry Brougham Loch was appointed lieutenant-colonel on 16 July 1873.[4] In June 1884 Loch, by now knighted and governor of Victoria, Australia, retired and was made honorary colonel of the battalion.[5] Cephas John Howard was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and commanding officer of the battalion in his place.[6] Howard resigned his commission in March 1888.[7] He was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Warren-Swettenham.[8][9] In February 1900 he was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Harrop Beck of Upton Priory, who commanded the unit during the Boer War and was made a Companion of the Bath in September 1901.[10][11] Beck resigned his commission in August 1903.[12] The final commanding officer was Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M Nicholls, who was transferred to the unattached list when the battalion was disbanded in 1908.[13]
Notes[]
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". 25 April 1902. - ↑ "No. 21431". 15 April 1853. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21431/page/
- ↑ "No. 23483". 30 March 1869. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23483/page/
- ↑ "No. 23998". 15 July 1873. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23998/page/
- ↑ "No. 25362". 6 June 1884. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25362/page/
- ↑ "No. 25377". 18 July 1884. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25377/page/
- ↑ "No. 25799". 23 March 1888. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25799/page/
- ↑ "No. 25815". 11 May 1888. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25815/page/
- ↑ A C Fox-Davies (1905). Armorial Families, A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Aremour (5 ed.). T C & E C Jack. p. 1431.
- ↑ "No. 27164". 13 February 1900. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27164/page/
- ↑ "No. 27359". 27 September 1901. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27359/page/
- ↑ "No. 27588". 14 August 1903. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27588/page/
- ↑ "No. 28140". 26 may 1908. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28140/page/
References[]
- Home, Robert (1978). Macclesfield as it was. Nelson, Lancashire: Hendon Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 0-86067-032-5.
- "Error: no
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External links[]
- Jeremy Sumner Wycherley Gibson; Mervyn Medlycott (2001). Militia Lists and Musters, 1757-1876: A Directory of Holdings in the British Isles. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8063-1676-5. http://books.google.com/?id=K2h6b2T0yJUC&pg=PA14.
Coordinates: 53°15′13″N 2°08′13″W / 53.25357°N 2.136883°W
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