Formed in 1337, the Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey can claim to be the oldest sub-unit of the British Army, although, because it is not a regiment...
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Squadron (Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey), in Saint Helier, Jersey Guernsey Troop, at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey The regimental museum of the Royal Monmouthshire...
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Bibliography of Jersey Geology of Jersey Jersey Post Haut de la Garenne Outline of Jersey Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey List of tallest buildings...
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defend the Island of Guernsey from foreign invaders. Militias were also created in the Bailiwick islands of Alderney and Sark as well as in Jersey. The commander...
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the British-ruled island of Jersey to remove the threat it posed to French and American shipping. Jersey provided a base for British privateers. The French...
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2024. Royal Alderney Militia Royal Guernsey Militia Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey Royal Sark Militia Fencibles British Volunteer Corps Militia (British...
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the British Army. These are the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (formed in 1539), the Jersey Field Squadron (The Royal Militia Island of Jersey)...
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Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Machine Gun Corps Motor Machine Gun Service Labour Corps Army Service Corps Royal...
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Hampshire New Jersey Naval Militia North Carolina Naval Militia Oregon Naval Militia Pennsylvania Naval Militia Rhode Island Naval Militia Tennessee Virginia...
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Jersey – the largest of the Channel Islands – has been an island for around 6,000 years. Early inhabitation is evidenced by various neolithic monuments...
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Territorial Army unit in Jersey. The Jersey Field Squadron (Militia), attached to the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), deploys individuals...
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from Long Island. In 1702, both divisions of New Jersey were reunited as one royal colony by Queen Anne with a royal governor appointed by the Crown. Until...
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Army Reserve (United Kingdom) (redirect from Reserve of Officers)
p. 55 e.g. Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), The Jersey Field Squadron (Militia), The Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey, 4th (Volunteer)...
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1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are British Crown dependencies in the English Channel, near the coast of Normandy. The Channel...
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John Lingshaw (category People from Saint John, Jersey)
of German nationals in Iran following the Anglo-Soviet invasion in 1941. As Lingshaw had joined the part-time Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey on...
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The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of...
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of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands....
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Engineers (formed in 1539) and the Jersey Field Squadron (The Royal Militia Island of Jersey) (formed in 1337). Lord-lieutenant Fencibles Home Guard Spencer...
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The Jersey is a British breed of small dairy cattle from Jersey, in the British Channel Islands. It is one of three Channel Island cattle breeds, the...
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New Jersey played a central role in the American Revolution both politically and militarily. It was the site of more than 90 military engagements, including...
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Military of Jersey Command Commander-in-chief: Lieutenant Governor of Jersey Forces Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey Local government in Jersey Parish...
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Guernsey Militia or the Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey as well as men who had been in the Officers' Training Corps at Victoria College, Jersey and Elizabeth...
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John Bacon (loyalist) (category Loyalists in the American Revolution from New Jersey)
to members of the Monmouth Militia). Bacon and his band of marauders were involved in the October 1782 Long Beach Island Massacre, and the following December...
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awarded the honour of “Royal” as had the Jersey and Guernsey Militias, being the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Jersey.: 18 The militia continued...
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The Bailiff is the chief justice in each of the Channel Island bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, also serving as president of the legislature and having...
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Continental Army and state militias, as well as land forces under French and British command. The British forces included a large number of troops from various...
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the 95th Foot were stationed in Jersey, where they defeated a French invasion of the island in 1781 (the Battle of Jersey). Other regiments were in service...
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The King's County Royal Rifle Militia was an Irish Militia regiment in King's County (now County Offaly) dating back to 1776. It later became a battalion...
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Guernsey (redirect from Island of Guernsey)
A royal charter in 1548 confirmed the neutrality. The French attempted to invade Jersey a year later in 1549 but were defeated by the militia. The neutrality...
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Regulation and Loyalist militia in the American Revolution; later Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and Saint John's Island David Farnsworth (died 1778)...
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