The British Battalion (1936–1938; officially the Saklatvala Battalion) was the 16th battalion of the XV International Brigade, one of the mixed brigades...
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vehicles and equipment. A British battalion in theatre during World War II had around 845 men; as of 2012, a British battalion had around 650 soldiers....
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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom) (redirect from British Parachute Regiment)
Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of the Special Forces Support Group under the operational...
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carriage for them. The Rangers claimed to be the first infantry battalion of the British Army to use machine guns, but were not allowed to use them on parade...
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The Rifles (redirect from 5th Battalion The Rifles)
regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular battalion was formerly an...
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The Lincoln Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Abraham Lincoln), also known as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, was the 17th (later the 58th) battalion of the XV...
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future of the British Armed Forces. As part of a wider reorganisation of the British Army, the following was announced: A new four-battalion Ranger Regiment...
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International Brigades (redirect from Matteotti Battalion)
Battalion. Mickiewicz Battalion – predominantly Polish. André Marty Battalion – predominantly French and Belgian. British Battalion – mainly British but...
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Royal Gurkha Rifles (redirect from 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles)
Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles. The 3rd Battalion was consolidated with the 2nd Battalion in 1996 as part of run down of British forces in Hong Kong. The Gurkhas...
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The Infantry of the British Army comprises 49 infantry battalions, from 19 regiments. Of these, 33 battalions are part of the Regular army and the remaining...
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Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom) (redirect from 1 Military Intelligence Battalion (United Kingdom))
Intelligence (MI) Battalion". British Army. Retrieved 23 August 2018. Ministry, of Defence (July 2013). "Transforming the British Army an Update" (PDF)...
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The Grenadiers (section Regimental battalions)
raising of a grenadier battalion which duly took place on 12 March 1779, thirty-six years before the first time that a British battalion was given the honour...
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infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st Battalion, part of the Regular Army...
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Shapurji Saklatvala (category British communists)
communist militant and British politician of Indian Parsi heritage. He was the first person of Indian heritage to become a British Member of Parliament...
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King's Royal Rifle Corps (category Use British English from July 2011)
Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during...
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the mostly British Saklatvala Battalion and the mostly North American Lincoln Battalion. It also included two non-English-speaking battalions, the Balkan...
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Royal Anglian Regiment (redirect from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment)
Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It consists of two Regular battalions and one Reserve battalion. The modern regiment was formed in 1964...
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The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a special forces battalion of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. Along with various other regiments...
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Robert Henry Cain (category British Army personnel of World War II)
South Staffordshire Regiment in 1942, and joined their 2nd Battalion, part of the British 1st Airborne Division. He saw action during the Allied Invasion...
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resistance against the British Union of Fascists. In the Spanish Civil War, the CPGB worked with the USSR to create the British Battalion of the International...
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Jewish Legion (redirect from 38th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Jewish))
five battalions of the British Army's Royal Fusiliers regiment, which consisted of Jewish volunteers recruited during World War I. In 1915, the British Army...
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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 drives...
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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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Entrenching battalions were temporary units formed in the armies of the British Empire during the First World War. Entrenching Battalions were trained...
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The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed the "Six Triple Eight", was a predominantly black battalion of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). The...
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The British Battalion was an ad hoc formation created on 20 December 1941 during the Battle of Malaya. It was amalgamated from two regular British Army...
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The 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), CEF was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on...
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troops during the Spanish Civil War in the hands of members of the British Battalion at Madrigueras where they were used for training before being replaced...
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156th Parachute Battalion was a battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed in...
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The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), is a formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th...
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