An Act for amending the Laws relating to the Militia in England, and for augmenting the Militia. Taken from the -Mess Room 3rd W

Pp. 216, [32]. Original full calf gilt, rubbed. The 3rd Battalion of The York and Lancaster Regiment was formerly the 3rd West York Light Infantry Militia. The head-quarters were at Pontefract. By the last ballot for Militia precedence, the 3rd West York Militia became the premier Militia regiment of the United Kingdom. Its badge was the White Rose of York, and after it was made Light Infantry in 1852, a Bugle with the White Rose between the strings.