The 1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers, later 5th (Flintshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, was a Welsh unit of the British Army's auxiliary forces....
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The 1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers, later 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, was a Welsh unit of the British Army's auxiliary forces...
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Rudolph Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh (category High sheriffs of Flintshire)
was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire. On 29 June 1860, Feilding raised the 4th (Holywell) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as captain-commandant. After...
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Rifles 1st Administrative Battalion, Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers 1st Administrative Battalion, Flintshire & Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers The Childers...
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6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (redirect from 1st Administrative Battalion, Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers)
consolidated in February 1880 the admin battalion became the 1st Flintshire and Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers including the following units: G & H Companies at...
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Monmouthshire Regiment (section 1st (Rifle) Battalion)
Borderers (the 1st Volunteer Battalion being formed at the same time from the 1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers). Although the volunteer battalions saw...
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The 1st Carnarvonshire Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army in North Wales from 1862 to 1922. It fought on the Western Front...
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Royal Flint Rifles (redirect from Flintshire Militia)
The Flintshire Militia, later the Royal Flint Rifles was an auxiliary regiment reorganised in the Welsh county of Flintshire during the 18th century from...
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1860s the 1st Lancashire EVC acted as a battalion headquarters, with several smaller EVCs attached to it: 1st Flintshire EVC (1863–1897); 1st Cheshire...
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regiments. In addition, the various corps of county rifle volunteers were to be designated as volunteer battalions. Each of these regiments was associated...
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The Cheshire Artillery Volunteers was a brigade of Volunteer artillery units raised in the county of Cheshire in the mid-19th century. Their successors...
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Newport 2nd Administrative Battalion, Monmouth Rifle Volunteer Corps at Pontypool 2nd Monmouth Rifle Volunteers at Pontypool Because there had been no regular...
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battalion groups, wear the regimental belt of the Durham Light Infantry, being rifle green with two thin red stripes. The belt was adopted as the RNZIR Corps...
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Fellow of the Society of Apothecaries, surgeon to the 1st battalion of the Shropshire Rifle Volunteers, and in actual practice as a surgeon. He authored Observations...
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Corps: 53rd (Welsh) Division (TF) 158th (North Wales) Brigade 1/5th (Flintshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers 1/6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey)...
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1954. The enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) composed of part-time...
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framework envisioned by Haldane's Reforms. He launched his appeal for 100,000 volunteers on 7 August 1914 to form a first New Army of six divisions (and support...
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Philip Thomas Godsal (category High sheriffs of Flintshire)
Godsal was a magistrate and was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1901. The Great Rifle Problem: How to Make a Breech Mechanism For Small Arms- Publisher...
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Royal Merioneth Rifles (redirect from Barmouth Volunteer Company)
the 23rd Foot (the Royal Welch Fusiliers) and the Denbigh and Flint rifle volunteers. The militia now came under the War Office rather than their county...
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at Mill Street Barracks". Retrieved 20 July 2020. "The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers". Retrieved 20 July 2020. "5th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment...
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(Shropshire) Regiment of Foot and the Shropshire Militia, together with Rifle Volunteers. A brigade depot was established at Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury...
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Royal Carnarvon Rifles (category Rifle regiments)
George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, formerly 1st (Carnarvon) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, appointed 6 March 1895, died 10 March 1907 Maj...
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Royal Denbigh Rifles (redirect from Royal Denbighshire Rifle Corps of Militia)
grouped with the 23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) and the Denbigh and Flint rifle volunteers. Following the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear...
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October 1910, No 28424, pp 7231–7240 Westlake 1992, pp. 5–6 Militia, Volunteers and Territorials (Royal Engineers Museum) Royal Engineers Fortress Companies...
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1-872424-51-1. Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: Denbighshire and Flintshire (Part 1): Regiments of Militia, Wrexham: Bridge...
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to advance across exposed ground, withstanding shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire, to capture the Turkish fortifications. Despite gaining the advantage...
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1-872424-51-1. Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: Denbighshire and Flintshire (Part 1): Regiments of Militia, Wrexham: Bridge...
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Squadron, at Picton Barracks, Carmarthen A Troop, in Haverfordwest 398 (Flintshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry) Transport Squadron, in Queensferry 580 (Royal...
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(Volunteers): 1993. 151 Regiment RLC (Volunteers): 1993. 2 Company 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Volunteers): 1993. "C" Squadron Kent and Sharpshooters...
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Services. For services to Civil Defence. Doris Oates, County President, Flintshire, Women's Voluntary Services. For services to Civil Defence. Walter O'Dea...
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