Queen Victoria reviewing the Rifle Volunteers Edinburgh 1860 (Forerunners of today's territorial Army)

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Review of Rifle Volunteers by the Queen. From an original 1860 engraving Illustrated London News. From Army Cadet Force website: 1859 With Britain under threat of a French invasion, and most units of the British Army serving in India following the Indian Mutiny, the Volunteers were formed, a forerunner of today's Territorial Army. A number of Volunteer units formed Cadet Companies. 1860 Queen Victoria carried out a review of the Volunteers. One unit, the Queen's Westminster's, paraded their cadets.

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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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