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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;terry5732, post: 510927, member: 42&quot;]The turnover appears to be on account of a cheapskate</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In 1873 the 1st London AVC became part of the 1st Administrative Brigade of Middlesex Artillery Volunteers under the command of Walmisley. Artillery Volunteer units proved expensive to maintain, and the Secretary of State for War, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cardwell,_1st_Viscount_Cardwell" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cardwell,_1st_Viscount_Cardwell" rel="nofollow">Edward Cardwell</a> refused to pay for the upkeep of horses, harness and field-guns from the annual capitation grant. As a result, many Volunteer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_artillery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_artillery" rel="nofollow">Field artillery</a> units were wound up in the 1870s&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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