The total death roll of the Regiment was seven. Colonel Cholmondeley, Lieutenant E. D. Johnson (Imperial Yeomanry), and Colour-Sergeant T. G. Beeton (C.I.V. Infantry) were mentioned in despatches. [Sidenote: =Honours.=] Colonel Cholmondeley received the C.B. for his services in South Africa, and Lieutenant the Hon. Rupert Guinness was made a C.M.G. for his work with the Irish Hospital. When the Coronation honours were announced in 1902, Colonel Edward Matthey, V.D., received the C.B., a fitting award for his long services to the Volunteer Force. Before joining the L.R.B. in 1873 as a private he had already been 13 years in the Victoria Rifles. He retired in 1901, having served in every rank. His interest in the Regiment has been, and still is, without limit. _To face page 4._ [Illustration: THE CONVENT. _8th to 16th November, 1914._] The work he has done for its welfare, while still serving, and since retirement, cannot be chronicled here, but, when the full history of the Regiment is written, Colonel Matthey's name will be found writ large on its pages. _To face page 5._ [Illustration: PLOEGSTEERT. _The Brewery--The Battalion's First Bath house._] [Sidenote: =Battle Honours.=] In January, 1905, the Regiment was given the right to bear upon its "Colours and appointments" the words "South Africa, 1900-1902." [Sidenote: =Shooting.=] The London Rifle Brigade has always been distinguished as a shooting regiment. In the very first year of its existence its co-operation was sought in connection with the formation of the National Rifle Association. In 1907 it had no less than a dozen International marksmen in its ranks. The earliest notable individual success was that of Private J. Wyatt, who won the Queen's Prize in 1864. On two more occasions has the Blue Riband of the shooting world been won by members of the Regiment--in 1902 by Lieutenant E. D. Johnson, and in 1909 by Corporal H. G. Burr. Regimental teams have been very successful both at the National Rifle Association and the London district meetings. At the latter the "Daily Telegraph" Cup was won two years in succession (1897 and 1898). [Sidenote: =School of Arms.=] This was second to none in the Territorial Force. Its Annual Assault-at-Arms provided as stirring a spectacle as could be witnessed anywhere. For many years past the Brigade achieved notable successes at the Royal Military Tournament and in the competitions of the Metropolitan Territorial School of Arms Association. [Sidenote: =Athletics.=]