Chebucto Grays
Chebucto Grays was a volunteer rifle company that was raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the wake of the Crimean War (1853–1856), there developed a Volunteer Force in Britain. As part of this movement, in Nova Scotia, thirty-two Volunteer companies were raised in Nova Scotia, with a total strength of two thousand three hundred and forty-one.[1] In Halifax there were eleven companies with a total strength of eight hundred and sixty-eight men.[2] The Chebucto Grays was the most distinguished company, many of the members belonging to The Halifax Club. The Chebucto Grays were one of 8 units to serve in the Halifax Volunteer Battalion.
Notable members
[edit]- George Lang
- Brenton Halliburton
- William Blowers Bliss
- Enos Collins
- James William Johnston
- Mather Byles Almon
- John Fitzwilliam Stairs
- Samuel Leonard Shannon
- James Forman (merchant)[3]
- William Young (Nova Scotia politician)
- Philip Carteret Hill
- John William Ritchie
Gallery
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Lt. Col William Chearnley - commander of the Chebucto Grays and "Father of the Halifax Volunteer Battalion" -
The Welsford-Parker Monument Inauguration - George Lang of Chebucto Grays standing far left in front pair. -
Capt. George Piers, Chebucto Grays (1868) -
Clifford Kinnear - won the British National Rifle Association Medal (1861) -
Chebucto Greys Figurines
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