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Brigade) Lord Bingham (late Rifle Brigade) June, 1901 1913.

Earl Cairns (late Rifle Brigade) 1913 1915.

Norman C. King (Ex London Rifle 1915 Brigade)

_1st Battalion._

Earl Cairns 4/8/14 16/3/15.

A. S. Bates (Ex London Rifle 16/3/15 15/8/16.

Brigade) R. H. Husey (Ex London Rifle 15/8/16 Brigade)

_2nd Battalion._

G. R. Tod (late Seaforth September, 1914 Highlanders)

_3rd Battalion._

H. C. Cholmondeley 30/11/14 1915.

Norman C. King 4/6/15

[Sidenote: =South African War.=]

Colonel Cholmondeley was appointed to command the Mounted Infantry Section of the C.I.V., to which regiment the London Rifle Brigade contributed 2 officers (Captain C. G. R. Matthey and Lieutenant the Hon.

Schomberg K. McDonnell) and 78 other ranks.

When the Volunteer Active Service Companies were raised, 17 members were accepted for service with the Royal Fusiliers, and an additional 76 joined the Imperial Yeomanry and R.A.M.C.

The total death roll of the Regiment was seven.

Colonel Cholmondeley, Lieutenant E. D. Johnson (Imperial Yeomanry), and Colour-Sergeant T. G. Beeton (C.I.V. Infantry) were mentioned in despatches.

[Sidenote: =Honours.=]

Colonel Cholmondeley received the C.B. for his services in South Africa, and Lieutenant the Hon. Rupert Guinness was made a C.M.G. for his work with the Irish Hospital.

When the Coronation honours were announced in 1902, Colonel Edward Matthey, V.D., received the C.B., a fitting award for his long services to the Volunteer Force. Before joining the L.R.B. in 1873 as a private he had already been 13 years in the Victoria Rifles. He retired in 1901, having served in every rank. His interest in the Regiment has been, and still is, without limit.

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[Ill.u.s.tration: THE CONVENT.

_8th to 16th November, 1914._]

The work he has done for its welfare, while still serving, and since retirement, cannot be chronicled here, but, when the full history of the Regiment is written, Colonel Matthey's name will be found writ large on its pages.

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