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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 510091, member: 33&quot;]Thanks very much!</p><p><br /></p><p>But I just did a search that found something in Google Books that might refer to this award.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the Illustrated London News, 11 October 1879 -- and I realize the piece is engraved with 1878. But I think the article refers to the same competition but perhaps a year later.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=B5xQAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA344&amp;lpg=PA344&amp;dq=%22captain+adams%22+%22gunner+taylor&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ZLy80if2ww&amp;sig=ACfU3U2KeH5N4P15VznvTA3ewjo4btyQrQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwis0qDv4dngAhUnxYMKHaUbDPEQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22captain%20adams%22%20%22gunner%20taylor&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=B5xQAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA344&amp;lpg=PA344&amp;dq=%22captain+adams%22+%22gunner+taylor&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ZLy80if2ww&amp;sig=ACfU3U2KeH5N4P15VznvTA3ewjo4btyQrQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwis0qDv4dngAhUnxYMKHaUbDPEQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%22captain%20adams%22%20%22gunner%20taylor&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=B5xQAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA344&amp;lpg=PA344&amp;dq=&quot;captain+adams&quot;+&quot;gunner+taylor&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ZLy80if2ww&amp;sig=ACfU3U2KeH5N4P15VznvTA3ewjo4btyQrQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwis0qDv4dngAhUnxYMKHaUbDPEQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=&quot;captain adams&quot; &quot;gunner taylor&amp;f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The text says &quot;In the month of September there were twenty resignations of volunteer commissions and forty four appointments a net gain of fifteen for the month. In eleven months of the volunteer year just expired there been 743 resignations and 687 new appointments. This a net loss of only fifty six very much less than under circumstances had been anticipated. ln the competition of <b>1st London Artillery Volunteers A Battery </b>took place at on the ith inst. In the first series offered by the commanding officer of the battery and friends the winners <b>Gunner Taylor </b>Sergeant Snook Sergeant Major Berry Bombardier Curling. In the second series by Trumpet Hammond and Gunners Tombleson and Fennel Battery Club prizes by Quartermaster Gray <b>Captain Adams</b> and Sergeant Snook. Other prizes were won by Messrs Snook Berry Gray Beard and Taylor.&quot; (Sorry for bad punctuation in the above, which was copied and pasted from a scan.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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