3rd Enfield Company history
1900 - 1909 | click on the year you want to visit
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1900
| January | The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Enfield help with the inauguration of a new Company at a display at the central hall of the Alma Road Board School. A display of Bugle calls, Company Drill, Ambulance Drill and Dumb bell exercises is given. |
| January | The annual inspection and entertainment evening of the 3rd Enfield Company takes place in the Lecture Hall; 50 Officers and Boys were on parade. The evening includes piano solos, sing songs and a lantern show of camp life by Lt N Toms and Lt Marlow. |
| 29th March | A public meeting and demonstration was held at the Bycullah Athenaeum, Enfield. A parade of 200 marched from the market place to the Bycullah Athenaeum. The 3rd Enfield Company contributed to the programme with a display of Bayonet Drill. |
| 27th April | The 3rd Enfield give a display of Bayonet Drill at the Queen's Hall. |
| August | The Summer Camp at Lowestoft is the first year under canvas. |
The Company practising fighting with swords |
1901
| 18th February | A concert is held in aid of camp funds. |
| 5th May | The largest Church Parade is held, with two new Companies joining the United Enfield Companies. They parade from the market place. |
| 10th May | The combined team (74 boys) of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Enfield Companies give a display of bayonet exercises, as the first item of the first Royal Albert hall Display. |
1902 - Formation of the Enfield Battalion
| May | The first Battalion Inspection on Whit Monday. The 3rd win the Drill competition for the first time, by 16 points. |
| 2nd-9th August | The first real Battalion camp takes place at Felixstowe. |
| 3rd November | Lt Eachus returns from the Boer War to an annual mess of NCOs and Officers of the Battalion at the headquarters, Lancaster Road. He shows many things he has gained from his visit to South Africa. |
| 16th November | The inaugural 1st and 3rd Enfield Church Parade takes place at Christ Church hall, Lancaster Road. 116 were on parade. The Companies meet at the lecture Hall and march to Lancaster Road. |
| 28th November | The 3rd Enfield form a club for its old members. They arranged football matches. The Captain is Mr S Webb, the Vice Captain is Mr G Chopping and the Secretary is Mr C Chopping. |
1903
| 13th March | New Battalion Colours are presented by Mr Hardman (2nd Enfield). |
| 19th March | A concert in aid of Battalion funds for camp takes place at Bycullah Athenaeum, with many interesting songs. |
| 17th April | Lieutenant Randall leaves Enfield and the 3rd Enfield to live in Ipswich. |
| 8th May |
Major General R S Baden Powell CB occupies the chair at the Royal Albert Hall Display.
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| 2nd June | The annual Whit Monday Inspection and Sports takes place at the Enfield Town Park, including the first inter-Company competition for the Battalion Colours (The Hardman Colours). The Battalion Colours consist of a silk flag with the Union Flag in the corner and the anchor of the Boys' Brigade in the centre, with the name of the Battalion worked on a blue background. The 3rd Enfield win the competition with 259 points to the 1st Enfield 248 points. The judge for the competition is Major Moffatt. The 3rd also win the Sports Cup. At this Whit Monday event the wearing of coloured ties was introduced by the Companies. The 1st Enfield had blue ties, the 2nd Enfield had yellow ties and the 3rd Enfield had red ties. |
| 10th June |
Annual Sing Song, School hall, Chase Side: Celebrations of the Colours and Sports Cup victories.
How the good old 3rd did peg away, buck up red peg away; The colours they prepared to bear away; To win them for the 'red'; Cavalry right, they practised every night, double up to the right; Till with column of sections and marching smart; The Colours won the good old 3rd |
| 7th August | The Summer Camp is held at Clacton. |
| 26th September | The annual Council takes place at Mr Hardman's house. Mr R L Plowman becomes a Lieutenant. During the previous session (October 1902) Mr Norris Storer Toms leaves the 3rd Enfield which he founded, but he still writes newspaper reports on the Boys' Brigade. |
| 3rd November |
The Company is featured in the BB Gazette as winners of the Enfield Battalion Colours and the Sports Silver Challenge Cup.
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| 22nd November | The annual Church Parade of the 1st and 3rd Enfield Companies takes place at Christ Church hall. |
1904
The Boys' Brigade has a medal called the "Cross of Heroism" and is awarded to Boys who perform brave deeds. The 1st Enfield has one of these medals won by one of its members in 1904. Private James Conway was swimming with his younger brother in the River Lea when he noticed his brother was in difficulty. James swam to his rescue and managed to get near enough to the edge for his father to seize hold of the younger boy's hand and pull him to safety. However, James was now exhausted and fell back into deep water and was drowned. Because of his keenness and loyalty to the BB the parents requested that the Company should keep the medal as a memorial to their son's bravery |
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The Band
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| April | The 3rd Enfield wins the Newth Football Challenge Shield. The 3rd Enfield had gained 18 points out of a possible 20. |
| 23rd May |
The Whit Monday Inspection and Sports: The Sports Cup is won by the 3rd Enfield whilst the 1st Enfield win the Colours competition.
The Inspecting Officer
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| 15th June | The annual tea and sing song at the School hall, Chase Side is held. The Boys celebrate their Sports Cup victory. The Cup gets filled with ginger beer and is shared out. |
| 30th July-7th August |
The Summer Camp takes place at Clacton.
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1905
The Officers and NCOs in 1905. The Company were London District Drill champions that year. Winning the Meares Colours, which is the flag in the background. This was the last year of the competition; the Daily Telegraph Shield was started the following year. Lt Chas Chopping is the Officer on the left hand side. Captain Thomas Plowman is in the middle, behind the Cup with Lt Alfred Winsley on his right hand side. Lionel Plowman is the Officer on the right hand side
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| 11th May |
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| 29th May | The Company wins the Meares Colours at the headquarters of the London Rifle Brigade in Bunhill Row. This is first London District Trophy won by the Company. Result: 1st - 3rd Enfield (184), 2nd - 5th London (166), 3rd - 66th London (156), 4th - 46th London (146). |
| May | The Whit Monday Inspection and Sports: The Company wins the Sports Cup for the third successive year. They also win the Enfield Battalion Football league for the second year running. |
| 5th-13th August |
Clacton-on-Sea is the venue for the annual Camp.
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1906
3rd Enfield Football team (Lt Chas Chopping is on the left hand side and Lionel Plowman is in the middle behind the football) |
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| 1st February |
The Company is shown in the picture below, from the BB Gazette, outside the headquarters of the United Enfield Companies in Lancaster Road.
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| 9th April | The 3rd Enfield qualify for the final round of the new Daily Telegraph Shield competition. |
| 10th May |
The Company wins the very first Daily Telegraph Shield competition at the Royal Albert Hall Display. Result: 1st - 3rd Enfield (234 1/2), 2nd - 66th London (228). Captain Plowman receives the Shield on behalf of the Company from Sir Iain Hamilton.
The very first Daily Telegraph Shield Winners in 1906. The pictures the Officers and NCOs as the historic first winners of this famous Shield at the Royal Albert Hall Display on the 10th May
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| 4th-11th August |
Summer camp is held at Osea Island.
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1907
Old Boys outside the 1st and 3rd Enfield Old Boys club. This was situated along Lancaster Road, opposite Budgens supermarket. The club had a library, games room, printing room, meeting room around a fireplace. Before the Enfield Battalion was formed at the turn of the Century this was the meeting place for the United Enfield Companies, which were the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Enfield |
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| 2nd May |
The Company wins the London District Colours competition, for the third time in a row. They also win the Daily Telegraph Shield competition for the second time at the Royal Albert Hall Display, in front of Major General Baden-Powell. Result: 1st - 3rd Enfield (486), 2nd - 4th London (431).
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| 3rd - 11th August | The Summer Camp takes place at Osea Island. |
1908 - Semi-Jubilee of the Boys' Brigade
3rd Enfield Company with rifles
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| The Company was represented at the Semi-Jubilee Review at Queen's Park. | |
| The Company suffers the effects of the influenza virus amongst its Boys. | |
| March | The 3rd Enfield wins the Battalion Colours competition. |
| April | The Company fails to get into the Daily Telegraph Shield competition finals. |
| 25th May | The founder of the 1st Enfield, Dr John James Ridge, passes away. |
| 31st July-7th August | The Summer Camp takes place at Osea Island. |
| 15th December | A parents and friends meeting is held. |
1909
Official Boys' Brigade records on the 3rd Enfield up to 1909 |
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| 10th January | The United Bible Class takes place at the South Road Council School. |
| 6th May | The 3rd Enfield lose to the 76th London in the final of the Daily Telegraph Shield competition. Result: 1st - 76th London (538), 2nd - 3rd Enfield (494). |
| 31st May |
The Whit Monday Sports takes place.
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| 14th-21st August | The annual Camp is held at Hunstanton. The cost for Boys over 14 is 9s, and 7s 6d for Boys under 14. |
| Drill is held at the British Hall every Wednesday at 7.30pm. | |
A bust of Dr J J Ridge is unveiled following his recent death. He was the founder of the 1st Enfield Company in 1888.
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Added 3rd September 2010
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Added 3rd September 2010
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Summer camp 2010
Added 22nd August 2010
From 24th to 31st July, members of the 3rd Enfield joined with the 10th Enfield Boys' Brigade and 1st Winchmore Hill Girls' Brigade for our summer camp, which was held in Beeston Regis, Norfolk.
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3rd Enfield Summer BBQ
Added 13th July 2010
On Monday 12th July we held our summer BBQ, which was the last night of our summer programme.
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Enfield Battalion visits Thorpe Park
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On Saturday 10th July, Enfield Battalion organised a trip to Thorpe Park for members of Companies in Enfield.
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