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    The Sheffield City Battalion was a 'Pals battalion' formed as part of 'Kitchener's Army' during World War I. Raised by local initiative in the City of...
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    Britain could be immediate and devastating. As an example, The Sheffield City Battalion (12th York and Lancaster Regiment) lost 495 dead and wounded in...
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    The history of Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf...
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    London St Pancras and Sheffield. Since the retirement of the HSTs, they have commenced working London St Pancras to Leeds via Sheffield. The five-car trains...
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  • the area around Redmires Reservoir as a training camp for the Sheffield City Battalion. Archaeological surveys of nearby training areas, including trench...
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    Fulwood (ward), South Yorkshire (category Wards of Sheffield)
    Moor is the area of Redmires and the Redmires Reservoirs, the Sheffield City Battalion had a camp and training area here during the First World War. There...
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    Grimsby Chums (10th (S) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment) and the Sheffield City Battalion, (12th (S) Bn, Y&L Regiment). On 20 December the 13th Y&R marched...
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    were a First World War Pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds. When the battalion was taken over by the British...
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    1914, Streets joined the Sheffield City Battalion (Sheffield Pals). In late 1915 and early 1916 he served in Egypt. The battalion was subsequently transferred...
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    against the attack. Small groups of the Accrington Pals and the Sheffield City Battalion managed to cross no man's land and reach Serre and a party advanced...
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    Western Front. The three Pals battalions, the 12th (Sheffield City) Battalion and the 13th and 14th Barnsley Battalions, landed in France as part of the...
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    Memorial in Weston Park. The Sheffield City Battalion Memorial, commemorating the Sheffield Pals of the 12th Service Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment...
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    Division, composed of Pals battalions raised in the North of England, such as the Accrington Pals, the Sheffield City Battalion and a whole brigade of Hull...
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  • Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 1, 2 & 3 First day on the Somme – Serre Sheffield City Battalion "The Somme : Serre". World War One Battlefields. Retrieved 21 November...
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    Pals, Barnsley Pals (two battalions), Bradford Pals (two battalions), Durham Pals, Leeds Pals and the Sheffield City Battalion. Similarly, all the field...
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    fictional account of the raising of a Yorkshire Pals battalion and its destruction at Serre, based closely on the experiences of the Sheffield City Battalion....
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  • 2nd battalions of the Barnsley Pals (York and Lancaster Regiment), who had made attacks in support of the Accrington Pals and Sheffield City Battalion whose...
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  • Stainless Stephen (category Male actors from Sheffield)
    medals were later placed on public display in Sheffield Museum.[when?] He served in the Sheffield City Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment during...
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    Division was formed from Pals battalions raised in the North of England such as the Accrington Pals, the Sheffield City Battalion, and a whole brigade of Hull...
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    Eric Moxey (category Alumni of the University of Sheffield)
    lieutenant in the 7th Platoon of the 12th York and Lancaster Regiment (Sheffield City Battalion) and was one of four men to return that day. He remained in the...
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  • ranks from the disbanded Sheffield City Battalion). The brigade MG companies were also concentrated into a divisional MG battalion. 93rd Brigade had the...
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  • (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (Sheffield) – raised by the Lord Mayor and City of Sheffield on 5 September 1914 13th (Service) Battalion, York...
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    three regular battalions, plus a reserve battalion: 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (previously: 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's...
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    Wellington's Regiment) Company, Barnsley/Sheffield The Mercian Regiment 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Mercian Regiment Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company...
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    Hallamshire (category History of Sheffield)
    an area of South Yorkshire, England, approximating to the current City of Sheffield local government area. The origin of the name is uncertain. The English...
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    Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk (category Lord mayors of Sheffield)
    philanthropic work, which concentrated on Roman Catholic causes and the city of Sheffield. Norfolk was the eldest son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of...
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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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    Corps as its 9th Volunteer Battalion. Ten years later, in December 1891, it was renamed the 1st London Volunteer Rifle Corps (City of London Volunteer Rifle...
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    'Sheffield City Battalion', later 12th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (Sheffield) – raised by the Lord Mayor and City of Sheffield on...
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    Pals were three First World War Pals battalions of Kitchener's Army raised in the city. When the three battalions were taken over by the British Army they...
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