A record of the Sportsman's Battalions during the First World War, including a database of soldiers who enlisted in - or served with - the 23rd, 24th and 30th Royal Fusiliers, originally raised by Mrs. Emma Cunliffe-Owen in September 1914. If you have any questions or comments, please send to fmsketches@macbrem.com, thanks!

February 17, 1915

Daily Mirror

PRIVATE RAPHAEL, BARONET AND M.P., SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE TO THE MEN OF THE COUNTRY.

Leaving home. Private Raphael (x) marching through the Strand.

Sir Herbert H. Raphael, Bart., M.P., a great banker, a trustee of the National Gallery, and a man of many weighty public affairs, whose country seat is Allestree Hall, Derby, is now known as Private Raphael. He has joined the 2nd Sportsman’s Battalion, and will shortly go into camp at Gidea Park, which is on one of his own estates. Here Private Raphael will live in a hut. Sir Herbert has deliberately enlisted as a private to set an example to other men. He is very popular with the battalion.

THE SPORTSMAN’S BATTALION GOES ON A RECRUITING MARCH.

This photograph shows Colonel Paget and staff officers watching the march past of the Sportsman’s Battalion after they had been on a recruiting march. The Sportsman’s Battalion includes any number of athletes and men who are prominent in the racing world. But practically every branch of athletic and sport is now represented in the ranks of the battalion, which has become exceedingly popular.

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