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The Huddersfield Rifles was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force first raised in 1859. It later became a battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in the Territorial Army, serving as infantry on the Western Front in World War I and as an air defence unit during and after World War II. ==Origin== An invasion scare in 1859 led to the creation of the Volunteer Force and huge enthusiasm for joining local Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs).〔Beckett.〕 The services of a corps at Huddersfield were accepted by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 3 November 1859, when it was assigned the number 10, but by July 1860 it had become the 6th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps, with four companies. The title 'The Huddersfield' was added in 1868. It became the senior unit of the 5th Administrative Battalion of West Yorkshire RVCs when that was formed at Huddersfield on 18 September 1862 with the following organisation (dates are for first officers' commissions):〔Beckett, Appendix VII.〕〔Westlake, pp. 260–7.〕 * 6th (The Huddersfield) Yorkshire West Riding RVC at Huddersfield 24 February 1860 * 32nd Yorkshire West Riding RVC at Holmfirth 2 June 1860 * 34th (Saddleworth) Yorkshire West Riding RVC at Saddleworth 10 September 1860, joined 5th Admin Bn in 1877 * 41st Yorkshire West Riding RVC at Mirfield 15 March 1869 * 44th Yorkshire West Riding RVC at Meltham 29 August 1868, disbanded 1875. The annual inspection of the battalion was a major social event: two or three thousand people attended the 1869 parade, when the Huddersfield Rifles, Holmfirth Volunteers, and Mirfield and Meltham Companies were inspected, and the Saddleworth Volunteers 'kept the ground' with the police.〔(''Leeds Mercury'', 12 July 1869. )〕 Later, the Huddersfield Rifles had a prizewinning brass band.〔(Huddersfield Rifles at Brass Band Results )〕 In 1880 the 5th Admin Bn was consolidated as a new 6th Yorkshire West Riding RVC with the following organisation:〔〔(''Leeds Mercury'', 20 June 1880. )〕 * A, B, C & D Companies at Huddersfield (ex-6th RVC) * E Company at Holmfirth (ex-32nd RVC) * F, G, H & J Companies at Saddleworth (ex-34th RVC) * K Company at Mirfield (ex-41st RVC) * An additional company was formed in Huddersfield in 1900. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Huddersfield Rifles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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