1380 - Records relating to Colour Sergeant Frederick John Reginald Urch
- 1380/1 - Photograph album of Colour Sergeant Frederick John Reginald Urch
  - 1380/1/63 - Page 63 of Colour Sergeant Frederick John Reginald Urch's photograph album

Official photograph of K Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry.

Reference Number: 1380/1/63/002
Alternative Reference Number: 1380
Level of Description: Item
Title: Official photograph of K Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry.
Creator(s) & Administrative History: Colour Sergeant Frederick John Reginald Urch
Date: 1904
Extent: Extent: 1 photograph
Description: Pre First World War official group photograph annotated by Colour Sergent Frederick John Reginald Urch ‘K Company, 1st Volunteer Battalion Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry, 1904’.

Front row: Centre with prize cup, Lieut Bunting, to right of him Sgt FJRU (age 24) next is an older man with medals, probably a Boer War Veteran. 2nd from left possibly Radford. All have rifles and are wearing bandoliers.
Location is the Rifle Volunteer Drill Ground behind the old Drill Hall, Lower Bristol Road, Bath [demolished 1969]. The local volunteers often took part in shooting competitions such as this one which was reported in the Bath Chronicle of 13 October 1904: ‘Cyclists win the Thatcher Cup. Annual competition of the local Volunteers was held on Saturday. Won by K (Cyclist) Company with 49 points – Lt. Bunting’ [Frederick John Reginald Urch was a Volunteer Cyclist] The object was to march 5 miles (no refreshments allowed) then endeavour to get the most ‘hits’ in a mock attack.
Access Conditions: Physical access to the photograph album is restricted to the depositors family only. Public access to the photograph is available via the digitised version on Bath Record Office: Archives and Local Studies online catalogue.