Newcastle Journal
A BATTALION OF SPORTSMEN
An infantry battalion of sporting gentlemen up to 45 years of age is being raise by Mr E. Cunliffe Owen, son of the late Colonel Cunliffe Owen, V.C., Royal Engineers. Already 600 applications have been received, including doctors, consulting engineers, and stockbrokers, in addition to many sporting men of leisure.
Tamworth Herald
The Mayor has also received from Col. G. Cunliffe-Owen, Hotel Cecil, London, a letter requesting him to make known that recruits are wanted for a Private Battalion of 1,300 men up to the age of 45, and that funds are needed for equipping the Battalion.
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