West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry: The Colonel Commandant, the Hon. W. H. B. Portman, M.P., has been pleased to form the Dulverton and Dunster troops of this corps into one troop, under the command of Captain Stuckey Lucas. The Colonel has also been pleased to form a new troop at Ilminster, under the command of Captain W. Speke. This troop met for the first time since its formation on the 30th ult., and was inspected by Captain and Adjutant Tomlin, assisted by Regimental Sergeant-Major Mitchell; the troop numbered thirty-three men, and Mr. R. J. Cuff, son of Mr. Robert Cuff, of Burton Pinsent, late Quartermaster of the Langport and Somerset Troop, has been appointed Quartermaster …
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