The Bolton Rifles, later the 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 until 1967. It served...
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his death. Dobson was Mayor of Bolton for four years, 1894–1898, dying in office. He also served in the Bolton Rifles (the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of...
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King's Royal Rifle Corps (redirect from 60th Rifles)
Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, eventually becoming 2nd Battalion, The Rifles in 2007. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was raised in the American colonies...
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Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (redirect from 95th Rifles)
established regular regiment and were titled the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). In 1816, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, they were again renamed, this...
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Black Bart (outlaw) (redirect from C.E. Bolton)
Often called Charley by his friends, he was also known as Charles (or C.E.) Bolton. Considered a gentleman bandit with a reputation for style and sophistication...
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North Lancashire Regiment 2nd VB, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [[Bolton Rifles|5th Bn, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st VB, Manchester Regiment...
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who was told by a fortune teller that the spirits of those killed by the rifles would kill her as soon as the house was finished being built. Note: This...
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53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment was a Royal Artillery (RA) unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) during World War II. It was descended from the...
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facility to increase production capacity by more than 25 fold, from 9,601 rifles in 1860 to 276,200 in 1864, served as a precursor to the mass production...
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Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals Infantry Foot Guards Line Infantry Rifles Special Air Service Army Air Corps Special Reconnaissance Regiment Royal...
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strongly defended by 300 determined enemy soldiers with machine guns and rifles, supported by several pillboxes, three 20mm. guns, one 37-mm. gun and heavy...
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from Schwill and Hester; the SWAT team returned fire with shotguns and M16 rifles, killing all seven remaining members, including Sanders. Police then discovered...
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James St. Clair ordered Bolton to appear for the prosecution, as he was considered less expensive than hiring a barrister. Bolton vainly requested to be...
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6th Battalion, The Rifles, at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter (Army Reserve Light Infantry) — paired with 1 RIFLES 8th Battalion, The Rifles in Bishop Auckland...
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rate of fire. In the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, a gunman using semiautomatic rifles equipped with bump stocks fired hundreds of rounds into a crowd, killing...
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Blue Ridge Mountains Council (redirect from Camp Bolton Smith)
Camp Tye Brook and Camp Bolton Smith. Both closed in 1940 due to water contamination. Camp Bolton Smith was named after Bolton Smith, who had worked to...
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Shankill Road, Adair's family and supporters went to Bolton where they garnered the nickname 'Bolton Wanderers' after the football club of the same name...
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right track, and just drive on. As a cadet, Powell joined the Pershing Rifles, the ROTC fraternal organization and drill team begun by General John Pershing...
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(Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment, formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of 45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment (previously the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion...
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Keenan and her son Jason. The two Native Americans had been beaten with rifles by Aryan Nations security guards in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in July 1998. The...
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enlisted as a volunteer soldier in what became Company C of Anderson's Rifles (also known as the Mississippi Battalion), on October 30, 1847, at Hernando...
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2023 Jacksonville shooting (category Mass shootings involving AR-15–style rifles)
Alexander Barkashov Louis Beam William John Beattie René Binet Don Black Kerry Bolton Salvador Borrego Anders Behring Breivik James von Brunn George Burdi Richard...
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Royal Lancers) Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (King's Royal Rifles) Crown Prince Leka Prince Leka Alexander, Archduke of Austria(Irish Guards)...
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withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said in early 2019 that U.S. operations in the al-Tanf area would continue...
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high-powered rifles killed him instantly. His wife was arrested on charges of harboring a fugitive; two other gang members, Byron Bolton and Doc Barker...
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and a captain (O-3). Gunner Goddard spent time at Quantico developing rifles for the USMC during the Vietnam era. He is most famously known for his work...
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Regiment of Invalids, in 1688) Agile and Bolton Wanderers – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (humorous allusion to Bolton Wanderers F.C.) The Aiglers – 87th...
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Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (redirect from Bolton Light Horse Volunteers)
Bolton le Moors Cavalry (also known as Bolton Volunteer Cavalry), one troop reformed 3 August 1802; disbanded 1813, reformed 6 January 1820 as Bolton...
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Wellington Barracks was a military installation on Bolton Road in Bury, Greater Manchester. The barracks were completed as part of the response to the...
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Rajputana Rifles Major Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles Captain Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse, 2 Rajputana Rifles Lieutenant...
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