NAM.1988-05-50-1

Scrapbook, 1883-1927. Compiled by Col Edward Henry Harvey Combe. Associated with 2nd Vol Bn Norfolk Regiment and National Reserve. Combe served for two months as a private before being commissioned in December 1868. When he resigned his commission in March 896 he had reached the rank of full Colonel. The book relates to the mess of the 2nd Volunteer Bn Norfolk Regiment at their annual camps in 1883 and 1884. Both camps were held at Yarmouth and the material concerns and comprises the supply of a tent, of beer for the men, press reports, hymn sheets and orders of service for Church Parades, accounts and bills. Combe acted as mess president as both camps. Included loose: collection of press cuttings and other papers, 1885-1927, including reports of balls, dinners, and prize presentations of the 2nd Volunteer Bn Norfolk Regiment, 1890-1895; copies of regimental orders announcing Combe's award of the VD, July 1895 and his resignation, March 1896; his 'Statement of Commissioned Service' on AF E.643, November 1895; correspondence and press cuttings relating to the National Reserve in Suffolk, 1912-1914; and a circular letter form the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, November 1914.