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  • This silver jug was awarded to Private John Rowland, winner of the Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers shooting contest held at Ruthin in 1862. The jug was donated by the local landowner, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. The inscription on the jug reads as follows: 'Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers, Ruthin Contest, Aug 21st & 22nd 1862. First Regimental prize. This silver Cup with a prize of pounds. The Gift of Lieut. Col. Sir W. W. Wynn Bar M.P. Competed for by 8 Company's and won by Private John Rowland of No.1 Wrexham Company'.
Silver presentation jug awarded at shooting contest, Ruthin, 1862 [image 1 of 2]
  • Photographed by John Thomas.
Shooting party, c. 1885
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales photographed with Lord Powis's shooting party at Lymore Hall, near Montgomery on 25 November 1909. They were to become King George V and Queen Mary only six months later. The mansion was demolished in the 1930s because of serious structural problems, but the estate still continues to provide a successful shoot.
Prince of Wales at Lymore Hall, Montgomery, 1909
  • Opening the Cardiff Exchange Rifle Club. The photograph on the top shows Mr Vivian firing the first shot, portrait of Mr Vivian on the left and the Club Secretary, Mr E. V. Rowe, firing, on the right.
Opening the Cardiff Exchange Rifle Club, c. 1930s