The 1st Sussex Rifle Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army first raised from the county of Sussex in 1859. It later became the 6th (Cyclist)...
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The 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army first raised from the Cinque Ports of Kent and Sussex in 1859. It later...
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The 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army first raised from the county of Sussex in 1859. It later became the 4th Battalion...
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The 1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1859 to 1961. Raised as coastal defence artillery...
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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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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 King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American...
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Brecknockshire Battalion (redirect from 1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers)
Aberystwyth 1st Administrative Battalion of Monmouth Rifle Volunteers at Newport 2nd Administrative Battalion of Monmouth Rifle Volunteers at Pontypool...
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The 1st Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers was a Scottish unit of Britain's Volunteer Force raised in Linlithgow in 1860. It later became a cyclist battalion...
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The 1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteers were a unit of the British Army raised from 1859 onwards as a group of originally separate Rifle Volunteer Corps...
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London Rifle Brigade was a volunteer regiment of the British Army. The regiment was first raised in the City of London on 14 December 1859 as 1st London...
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Jackets and was amalgamated with the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) and the 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps) to form the Royal Green Jackets...
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unofficially known as the 1st Rifle Volunteers; this became an official subtitle in 1958. The popularity of the Volunteers led to an increase in the number...
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disbanded 1848 In 1871, the 1st Sussex Light Horse Volunteers were formed at Brighton, but these were part of the post-1859 Volunteer Force and not Yeomanry...
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Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 82nd (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot...
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sub-division. Alongside the Rifle Volunteers, Artillery Volunteers were also formed: 1st Northumberland (Tynemouth) Artillery Volunteers. Formed in August 1859...
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Surrey Yeomanry (redirect from 1st Surrey Mounted Rifle Volunteers)
1848. During the enthusiasm for the Rifle Volunteer Movement in the 1860s, a 1st Surrey Mounted Rifle Volunteer Corps was formed at Clapham on 2 April...
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Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers was a volunteer unit of the British Army, which recruited in Gloucestershire from 1859. After becoming a Volunteer, and then...
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6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (redirect from 1st Administrative Battalion, Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers)
January 1867 These units were grouped into the 1st Administrative Battalion, Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers, formed at Carnarvon on 2 August 1860, with...
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Sussex Light Infantry Militia and the Cinque Ports and Sussex units of the Volunteer Force. The 1st Battalion was sent to Egypt as part of General Garnet...
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The 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force raised in the County of Norfolk in 1859 as a response to a French invasion...
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The 4th (Glasgow, 1st Northern) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps was a Scottish Volunteer unit of the British Army. Originally raised in Glasgow in 1859...
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The 1st Sussex Engineers was a Volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers raised in Eastbourne in 1890. It became the engineer component of the 44th (Home...
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Royal Scots (redirect from 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot)
City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade) – three battalions forming the main Rifle Volunteers element – forming the 1st volunteer battalion of the regiment...
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the 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers at Dover: On 1 April 1890 the Sussex batteries were separated from the 1st Cinque Ports Artillery to form the...
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7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (redirect from 1st (Newtown) Montgomeryshire Rifle Volunteer Corps)
were: 1st (Newtown) Montgomeryshire RVC, formed 19 February 1860 under the command of Captain John Price Drew; also known as the '1st Newtown Rifle Volunteers';...
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Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) The Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Hampshire Regiment...
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Administrative Battalion, Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps on 26 April 1860. He continued to command the 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers until he became its Honorary...
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(South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot The Sussex Sappers – 1st Sussex Engineers The Sweeps – 95th Rifles later The Rifle Brigade (from their black facings) The...
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Isle of Man's first volunteers appeared on 29 September 1860 when three independent Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) were formed: 1st (Castletown and Foxdale)...
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