• 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...
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    Private school Public Schools Battalions Public Schools Club Rugby Group, a group of eighteen schools within the HMC Toffs and Toughs photograph "PUBLIC SCHOOL...
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    The pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who enlisted together in local recruiting...
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    divisional machine gun battalion. By 1918, the brigade formation had been reduced to three battalions. However, each battalion now had thirty-six Lewis...
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  • formation originally composed of 'Pals battalions', with 98th Bde consisting of four Public Schools Battalions. However, these had been stripped for officer...
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  • subordinate GCE battalions and regiments (infantry and artillery only) by Marine division (MARDIV) headquarters battalions. Additionally, this battalion provides...
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  • Robert Drayton (category People educated at Exeter School)
    Exeter School before being articled to Roberts and Andrew, of Exeter. At the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalions, serving...
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  • Extermination battalions or destruction battalions, colloquially istrebitels (истребители, "exterminators", "destroyers") abbreviated: istrebki (Russian)...
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    Jersey. There was no public recognition for their service at the time. Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were awarded the European...
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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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  • This initially commanded 'Pals battalions' under training; later it took over experienced Territorial Force battalions that were already serving on the...
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    the battalions to become the independent military force of the Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael. Their vision did not fully materialize, as the battalions were...
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  • Fusiliers, 12th Battalion Rupert Borowski (died 1918), violinist, private Gilbert Hearn Breach (1896–1916), Royal Fusiliers, Public Schools Battalion Eric Francis...
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  • the 1st Public Schools Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in September 1914. After his battalion was disbanded he transferred to a service battalion of the Bedfordshire...
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    another four Public Schools Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers raised at Epsom in Surrey on 11 September 1914 by the Public Schools and University Men's...
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    infantry units were Pals' Battalions raised by London regiments (particularly the Public Schools Battalions and Sportsmen's Battalions), and the division's...
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  • the 33rd Division composed of Pals Battalions such as the Public Schools Battalions and the Sportsmen's Battalions. Hall himself was the first commanding...
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    sniper school), and other Department of Defense (DOD) and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) sponsored schools. The 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion's mission...
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    battalions: Khetarpal battalion and Batra battalion, named after two of India's PVC awardees. Each battalion has two companies. Khetarpal battalion has...
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    Atlantic/Pacific fleets as well as on many base Public Works and USN diving commands. Naval Construction Battalions were conceived of as replacements for civilian...
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    Army. On 11 September 1914, Bickerton enlisted with the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He soon applied for an officer's commission...
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  • interrupted his education at Croydon High School, and he enlisted in 1915 in the Public Schools Battalion of the 16th Middlesex Regiment at the age of...
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  • Armed Police Battalion School & College is a Higher secondary school at Uttara in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The school was founded on 1 January...
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    Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton Public Schools also named one of their schools the "Charity Adams Earley Girls Academy" in her honor...
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    their friends and colleagues, and the Public Schools Battalions, made up of former pupils of the elite public schools. Many of the initial units had been...
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    headquarters company, a military intelligence battalion, a special troops battalion, and three Ranger battalions. The 75th Ranger Regiment primarily handles...
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    Group was expanded with the eight battalions that specialized in their own set of war course of actions–each battalions is specialized in their criterion...
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  • 1915 the WO decided to convert the K4 battalions into reserve units, to provide drafts for the K1–K3 battalions after they went overseas. The K4 divisions...
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  • September 2017. Carabinieri Battalions, as a whole, can track their origins to 1920, when Carabinieri Mobile Battalions were formed. The first formation...
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    1st Ranger Battalion, currently based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is the first of three ranger battalions belonging to...
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