The Battalion always took part in the various contests between the Territorial Regiments with considerable success. The most notable of late were the following:--The "Marathon" Race in the Territorial Championship of the London District, 1913, when Captain Husey and the London Rifle Brigade team won it in the record time of 1 hr. 33 min. 37 sec.; the distance was 12 miles, from Ewell to Stamford Bridge. The national contest at Newport did not produce such a good time, the London Rifle Brigade team winning it in 1 hr. 48 min. 14 sec. The march to Brighton of 52½ miles for a team of sixty of all ranks, in full marching order, was accomplished in 1914 by a London Rifle Brigade team, under Captain Husey and Lieutenant Large, in the record time of 14 hrs. 23 min. The war has not given any other battalion a chance to lower the latter record, and it will assuredly take "some doing." PART II. [Sidenote: =Mobilisation.=] The Battalion mobilised on the outbreak of war. It had actually gone into camp at Eastbourne, but was brought back to London within a few hours of its arrival. A second and third Battalion were soon formed. (See pp. 30, 31.) FIRST BATTALION. Making stays of varying duration en route at Wimbledon, Hersham, and Bisley (for three weeks), the 1st Battalion finally reached Crowborough, where it remained under canvas until ordered abroad. It embarked on November 4th, 1914. The following were the officers:-- Lieut.-Col. W. D. Earl Cairns (Commanding). Lieut.-Col. (Hon. Col.) C. G. R. Matthey, V.D. (Second-in-Command). Major.--N. C. King, T.D. Captains.--A. S. Bates, M. H. Soames, R. H. Husey, C. H. F. Thompson, H. F. MacGeagh, J. R. Somers-Smith, A. L. Lintott, and Hon. Major C. D. Burnell. Lieutenants.--R. E. Otter, J. G. Robinson, G. H. Morrison, E. L. Large, P. A. Slessor, H. B. Price, A. G. Kirby, G. H. Cholmeley. Second-Lieutenants.--K. Forbes, G. H. G. M. Cartwright, W. L. Willett, H. L. Johnston, C. W. Trevelyan, H. G. Vincent, G. E. S. Fursdon, G. C. Kitchin. Adjutant.--Captain A. C. Oppenheim, K.R.R.C. Quartermaster.--Lieutenant J. R. S. Petersen. Medical Officer.--Major A. D. Ducat, T.D. The following short account is written in constant remembrance of the censorship regulations, and with a view to giving a faint outline of its doings to those who were not out with the 1st Battalion in France. It will be an aid to memory to those who were with it, and are fortunate in being able to look back on a time when the 1st Battalion undoubtedly reached its zenith. Never can any Battalion of the Regiment be better than was the 1st London Rifle Brigade in 1914-15. That all will endeavour to be as good is quite certain. [Sidenote: =1914. Nov. 5th.=]