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St Augustine, Alston, Alston Moor, Cumbria, NY71834653 -- The standard of the Alston Mountaineers, or Alston Rifle Volunteers.
Raised 1860; consolidated into 1st Cumberland Rifle Volunteers, 1880; became a volunteer battalion of the Border Regiment, 1881; etc.
(photo 7.7.2006)

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