CARMARTHEN MILITIA.—1798. Silver.
CARMARTHEN YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1827. Silver.
CORK TRUE BLUES.—1745. (A hundred gentlemen, equipped at their own
expense.)
CORK (ROYAL) VOLUNTEERS.—1776. Silver. Oval.
DRUMKEEN INFANTRY.—1797. Silver-gilt.
DUKE OF CUMBERLAND’S SHARPSHOOTERS.—1803. “The first Volunteer Rifle
Corps in Great Britain” (now the Victoria Rifles). Silver and bronze;
given by Colonel Beaumont.
[Illustration: A circular line drawing of a commemorative medal
featuring the profile of a man with curly hair and sideburns, with the
name BARBER BEAUMONT inscribed around the edges.]
EDINBURGH ROYAL VOLUNTEERS.—1803. Silver. Oval.
ESSEX LIGHT DRAGOONS.—1820. Bronze.
FERMOY CAVALRY.—1798. Silver-gilt.
GODLEY VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.—1804. Silver. Oval.
IRVINE VOLUNTEERS.—1820. Silver.
JOHN OF GAUNT’S BOWMEN.—1795. Silver. Large oval.
LIBERTY RANGERS.—Dublin, 1797. Silver-gilt.
LIMERICK MILITIA.—1798. Silver. (The Colooncy medal, given to the
Militia for defeating the French, near Sligo.)
LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEERS.—1806. Silver-gilt.
LONDON (LOYAL) VOLUNTEERS.—1st., 1803. Silver. 5th., 1805. Gold. 6th.,
1805. Silver. 7th., 1804. Silver. Oval.
LOUTH VOLUNTEERS.—1755. Silver.
MANCHESTER RIFLE REGIMENT.—1804. Gold.
MANCHESTER AND SALFORD VOLUNTEERS.—Light Horse, 1802. Gold, white
metal, and bronze.
MANCHESTER AND SALFORD VOLUNTEERS.—Grenadier Company, 2nd. Battalion.
Gold, silver, and bronze.
MID-LOTHIAN (ROYAL LOYAL) YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1808. Silver. Oval.
MID-LOTHIAN 3RD., THE WESTERNS.—1803. Silver and bronze.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1820. Silver.
NEWCASTLE VOLUNTEERS.—1801. Silver.
NITHSDALE VOLUNTEERS.—1805. Silver. Oval.
NORFOLK (LOYAL) YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1796. Silver.
NORFOLK (EAST) MILITIA.—1804. An oval badge. Gilt.
NORTH SOMERSET YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1814. Gold and silver. Also, a
silver-gilt cross, given in 1800.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE RIFLEMEN.—1810. White metal.
PENRHYN VOLUNTEERS.—1794. Bronze.
PRINCE OF WALES’S LOYAL VOLUNTEERS.—1804. Large. Silver-gilt.
RATHDOWN CAVALRY.—1796. Silver.
RENFREWSHIRE YEOMANRY.—1804. Silver.
RUTLAND YEOMANRY.—1819. Silver. Oval.
RUTLAND LEGION RIFLEMEN.—1796. Silver, suspended from a clasp,
inscribed “Good conduct.”
SADBOROW YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1823. Silver.
SHERWOOD RANGERS (YEOMANRY).—1821. Bronze.
SOUTH DEVON MILITIA.—1799. Silver. Given by the citizens of Waterford.
SOUTH CIRCULAR ROAD INFANTRY.—1808. (Dublin). Silver. Large oval.
STIRLINGSHIRE VOLUNTEERS (East Battalion).—1804. Silver. Oval.
SUFFOLK LOYAL YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1795. Silver and bronze.
SURREY VOLUNTEERS (1ST).—1808. Silver-gilt. Large oval.
SUTHERLAND VOLUNTEERS.—1802. Silver-gilt. Large oval.
SUTTON’S (CAPTAIN) RIFLE COMPANY.—1806. Silver. Large size.
TYRONE MILITIA (ROYAL).—1797. Silver and bronze.
TYRONE VOLUNTEERS (ROYAL). Silver. Oval.
WESTMINSTER LOYAL VOLUNTEERS.—1803. Silver-gilt.
WEST AND EAST HAM LOYAL UNITED VOLUNTEERS.—1798. Silver-gilt.
WEST SOMERSET YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—1820. Silver, and silver-gilt.
WICKLOW MILITIA.—1797. Silver. Presented by the Westmeath Grand Jury.
WORLINGWORTH VOLUNTEERS.—(Suffolk), 1798. Silver.
These very interesting decorations are now almost the only memorials
existing of the patriotic exertions of the people of the British Islands
at an important epoch in the history of their country. It is to be
regretted that of many medals issued, not a single specimen can now be
found, having probably been consigned to the melting pot, and any
descriptions of their designs, if such there were, have equally
disappeared.[235]
The brave men who served in the campaigns of the latter half of the
19th. century, have been honoured by a far more lavish distribution of
medals and clasps than were ever granted to the veterans, who, after a
contest of years, vanquished Napoleon by sea and land; but the list of
the glorious deeds of these, though unrewarded by medal or cross, form
with the no less distinguished actions of their successors, a chronicle
of achievements which none of their countrymen can regard but with
feelings of pride and exultation, and which will ever be regarded as
examples for imitation by the British Army.