battalion was a group of professional footballers, which was the reason for its most commonly used name, The Football Battalion (also the footballers'...
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players heeded the calls, and a special Football Battalion was formed, as part of the Middlesex Regiment. The battalion was led by Frank Buckley, who later...
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participated in the Caucasian War, is used as one of the symbols. The battalion consists of football fans of Russian clubs Zenit, Lokomotiv, Orel, Spartak, Torpedo...
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Engineer Battalion 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, the Football Battalion 17th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom) 17th Battalion, Northumberland...
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so-called 'footballers' Pals battalions to be raised during the war and was the main inspiration behind the creation of the 17th Battalion, Middlesex...
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The Sportsman's Battalions, also known as the 23rd (Service) Battalion and 24th (Service) Battalion (2nd Sportsman's), Royal Fusiliers (City of London...
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2024–25 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season (category Scottish football clubs 2024–25 season)
of the club's 150th Anniversary celebrations and remembering the Football Battalion. The club then welcomed Tottenham Hotspur in a tribute to Dave Mackay...
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the Royal Air Force October 1918 Edward Bell, Sr. Commander of the Football Battalion 24 March 1918 6 months Killed in World War I. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn...
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This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War. Pre-war Territorial...
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Russian irregular units in Ukraine (redirect from Alania Battalion)
Russian citizenship. The Hispaniola Battalion, part of Redut PMC, is a battalion consisting of former Russian football hooligans. In April 2023, they visited...
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75th Ranger Regiment (section 1st Ranger Battalion)
headquarters company, a military intelligence battalion, a special troops battalion, and three Ranger battalions. The 75th Ranger Regiment primarily handles...
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Ranger Battalion, currently based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord south of Seattle, Washington, United States, is the second of three ranger battalions belonging...
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the founder of the Football League was inducted to commemorate the organisation's 125th anniversary. In 2014, the Football Battalion, a group of professional...
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Cambridgeshire Battalion The Bermondsey Battalion The 2nd Portsmouth Battalion The Kent County Battalion The Lewisham Battalion The 2nd Football Battalion The Arts...
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Black Watch (redirect from 2nd Battalion, Black Watch)
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created...
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Joe Mercer (category English Football Hall of Fame inductees)
Royden. "Joe Mercer and the Football Battalion" (PDF). Roydenhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Gary James (1993). Football with a Smile: The Authorised...
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formed battalions. Several sportsmen's battalions were formed, including three battalions of footballers: 17th and 23rd (Service) Battalions, Middlesex...
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Black Watch F.C. (category Military football clubs in Scotland)
association football club. It is the footballing side of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (the Black Watch). As an organized football club, the...
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Leyton Orient F.C. (redirect from Leyton Orient Football Club)
and staff joined up into the 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (the Footballers' Battalion), the highest of any football team in the country and the first...
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Azov Brigade (redirect from Azov Battalion (Ukraine))
ucraini, dalla tregua al Battaglione Azov" [FOOTBALL: Ukrainian Ultras, from the truce to the Azov Battalion]. eastjournal.net (in Italian). 30 November...
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called to raise the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) – the Football Battalion – and became one of the thirty-five...
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101st Airborne Division (redirect from 101st Aviation Battalion)
specializes in air assault operations. It can plan, coordinate, and execute battalion-sized air assault operations to seize terrain. These operations can be...
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Walter Tull (category Men's association football midfielders)
War, Tull served in the Middlesex Regiment, including in the two Footballers' Battalions. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 30 May 1917 and...
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Gregory D. Gadson (category Army Black Knights football players)
Alexandria, Virginia 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery. 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Fort Riley). Battalion fire direction officer...
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The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio), later reorganized as the Foreign Legion of Patricios, was a Mexican Army unit which...
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Heart of Midlothian F.C. (redirect from Heart of Midlothian Football Club)
volunteer battalion, joining en masse on 25 November 1914. The battalion was to become the 16th Royal Scots and was the first to earn the "footballer's battalion"...
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1911. During World War I, he formed a Pals battalion within the Middlesex Regiment, the "Football Battalion." He acquired a reputation as a well-informed...
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The Public Schools Battalions were a group of Pals battalions of the British Army during World War I. They were raised in 1914 as part of Kitchener's Army...
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(Royal West Kent Regiment) 23rd (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (2nd Football) 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light Infantry (transferred...
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Para Commando Brigade (Bangladesh) (redirect from 1st Para-Commando Battalion)
at Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet. It is composed of two para commando battalions. The involvement of special operations units in Bangladesh Armed Forces...
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