Chebucto Grays

Chebucto Grays was a volunteer rifle battalion that was raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the wake of the Crimean War (1853–1856), there developed a Volunteer Force in Britain. As part of this movement, in Nova Scotia, thirty-two Volunteer companies were raised in Nova Scotia, with a total strength of two thousand three hundred and forty-one.[1] In Halifax there were eleven companies with a total strength of eight hundred and sixty-eight men.[2] The Chebucto Grays was the most distinguished battalion, many of the members belonging to The Halifax Club. The Chebucto Grays were one of 8 Regiments to serve in the Halifax Volunteer Battalion.

Chebucto Grays, Full Dress Uniform

Notable members
  • Lt. Col William Chearnley - commander of the Chebucto Grays and "Father of the Halifax Volunteer Battalion"
  • The Welsford-Parker Monument Inauguration - George Lang of Chebucto Grays standing far left in front pair.
  • Capt. George Piers, Chebucto Grays (1868)
  • Clifford Kinnear - won the British National Rifle Association Medal (1861)
  • Chebucto Greys Figurines

See also

References
  1. "History of the Halifax Volunteer Battalion and volunteer companies, 1859-1887 [microform]".
  2. "History of the Halifax Volunteer Battalion and volunteer companies, 1859-1887 [microform]".
  3. "Biography – FORMAN, JAMES – Volume X (1871-1880) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
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