From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you know where the first artists came from? As it says Artists! also
penniless rouges and people with no money and nothing better to do! I think
that that was in the late 19 Th. century. I have a brief history somewhere, I
will dog it up one day. Mars and Mernurva
From: "Tony Jeeves", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just to put the record straight, the quote at the clubhouse is not a
corruption of a couple of lines by Kipling as Nick suggests, it is in fact
a direct quote from "The Golden Journey to Samarkand" by James Elroy
Flecker.
The complete verse, (taken from t
From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the Artists were the 38th Middlesex, I dont know if they were ever
designated the 1st Middlesex Volunteers but I could suggest another
candidate, namely the Finsbury Rifles who were the students of the Finsbury
Technical College which was the City and Guild
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Talking of which I had one of the SAS team who killed the IRA scum in Gib
working for
>me a couple of weeks ago. No book coming out but nice to see old friends.
Not what you would consider illustrious company. The SAS have had a fine and
largely honou
From: "Tim Jeffreys", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A few years ago I donated a trophy box that I had acquired from an antiques
fair to the Artists Rifles Club for their display cabinets.
It was a small walnut box, approx. 5" x 7", with a blue baize lining, which
probably originally contained a .22" four b
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bet he would be pleased to find out that you are letting people know this in
a public forum! Its not really too difficult to identify someone from an
email address if you have the know how. Loose lips cost ships!
Thats the funny thing about the SAS. It is astou
From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ah, that limited edition print, given to one of the previous clubhouse
owners by the person who bought the lease from him and is one of the people
in the picture. I will remind people again why we hold charitable status as
a sport, it is so that in times of
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Kenneth:
>
>There is a poster or plaque, can't remember which, over the entrance. It has
>3 black clad soldiers, reapirators, etc. One holds an MP5, another a grenade
>and the third a Remington 870 I think.
>They are crouching, and the words 'stand by, sta
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kenneth:
There is a poster or plaque, can't remember which, over the entrance. It has
3 black clad soldiers, reapirators, etc. One holds an MP5, another a grenade
and the third a Remington 870 I think.
They are crouching, and the words 'stand by, stand by' are rou
From: "Peter Sarony", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kenneth:
There is a poster or plaque, can't remember which, over the entrance. It has
3 black clad soldiers, reapirators, etc. One holds an MP5, another a grenade
and the third a Remington 870 I think.
They are crouching, and the words 'stand by, stand b
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The artists rifles club at Bisley will provide you with their history.
As far as I am aware, there is no book available that deals with them alone,
although they do get mentioned in various military history books. I tried to
find one several years ago whilst stayin
From: "Jim Franklin", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[.]
Actually I've always thought a definitive history
of the Artist's Rifles would be quite interesting,
I hear often that they formed a regiment that became
21 SAS but little more than that.
[.]
True.
The history of the Artists is available fro
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IG said:
<< Only thing that put me off was the sad
poster with the motto of the pilgrims'we are the pilgrims master,
etc'. Would appeal to the wannabes tho. >>
Sorry boss, but that's a bit too arcane for me. Would the Guru IGggy
enlighten his chela.
Kenne
From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Motto of the Artists Rifles is "Artia cum Marte" which translate as
"fine Art with war" and the badge symbols are the Minerva, Roman Goddess of
the arts and Mars, god of war and was designed by W. Wyon, who was the
designer of the coinage for queen Victo
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