The 5th Devon Mounted Rifles: About 20 members this company met at their headquarters, Magor’s Commercial Hotel. Newton Abbot, on Wednesday, whence they proceeded, under the command of Ensign Whiteway, to a field on the Kingsteignton road, kindly lent them by Mr. Pinsent, where they were put through a number of evolutions, very satisfactorily, by Drill Sergeant Ribbins. The company subsequently returned to the Commercial Hotel when several new members were enrolled.
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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872 (?)