The Rangers was a volunteer unit of the British Army, originally formed in 1860. It provided a detachment for service in the Second Boer War, saw intensive...
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reorganisation of the British Army, the following was announced: A new four-battalion Ranger Regiment will be formed in August 2021, seeded from the Royal Scots...
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the failed raid on Dieppe in France in 1942, during which three Rangers were killed and several more were captured. Later, the 1st Ranger Battalion was...
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augment the strength of the 2nd Battalion, members of the Provisional Ranger Group were assigned as well. Several landing craft containing Rangers and supplies...
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the three Ranger battalions were fully operational. 1st Rangers were still under Colonel Darby; the 3rd Rangers under Major Herman Dammer, and the 4th...
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(Connaught Rangers) (which formed the 1st Battalion) and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the 2nd Battalion) in July 1881. Between the time of its...
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(USASOC). The six battalions of the modern Rangers have been deployed in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan and Iraq. The Ranger Regiment traces...
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with members of 1st Battalion acting as training cadre. Passing along the lessons taught by the British 3 Commando Brigade, the Rangers engaged in rough...
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Dragons Ranger (Transformers) Rangers, fictional warriors in the television special Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers Rangers, in Poul Anderson's The Corridors...
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193rd Ranger Battalion (Swedish: 193. jägarbataljonen), also known as the Army Ranger Battalion (Swedish: Arméns jägarbataljon, AJB) is a specialized...
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The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) was a regular light infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence...
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Rangers and the 1st Rangers which was in Ulu Tiram has now become 6th Rangers. Their records were also moved. On 14 December 2020, the 1st Battalion Royal...
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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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Ranger training, the 2nd Ranger Battalion. However, another American unit also had that designation, so the Rangers in the battalion and the American staff...
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The 172nd (Rocky Mountain Rangers) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Kamloops, British...
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is a list of battalions of the Connaught Rangers, which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922. When the 88th Regiment...
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American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1776–1783) King's Rangers King's (Carolina) Rangers King's Orange Rangers King's Royal Regiment of...
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Mountain Rangers of the North-West Rebellion of 1885. 172nd Battalion (Rocky Mountain Rangers), CEF The 102nd Regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers, was called-out...
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Royal Irish Regiment (1992) (redirect from 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment)
At the same time, the Royal Irish Rangers, then serving as the TA battalion, was renamed as 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. The 1st Battalion returned...
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West, as the 57th Peterborough Battalion of Infantry. Redesignated on 16 January 1880, as the 57th Battalion of Infantry Peterborough Rangers. Redesignated...
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The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular...
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"York Battalion of Infantry". It was redesignated as the 12th Battalion of Infantry or "York Rangers" on 10 May 1872, as the 12th Regiment "York Rangers" on...
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Irish Rangers may refer to: Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW), the elite special operations forces of the Defence Forces of Ireland Royal Irish Rangers, former...
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Special Forces Support Group (redirect from British Forces Rangers)
part of the wider future army structure. It was initially conceived as a battalion of "Rangers", similar to the United States Army Rangers. The SFSG's...
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Royal Gurkha Rifles (redirect from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles)
attached to 2nd Battalion, The Rangers. The first battalion (1 RGR) is based at the British garrison in Brunei as part of Britain's commitment to maintaining...
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American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1776-1783) King's Rangers King's (Carolina) Rangers King's Orange Rangers King's Royal Regiment of...
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Guards and Parachute Division (category Use British English from March 2015)
2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 1st Battalion, The Rangers 1st Battalion, London Guards 4th Battalion, The Parachute...
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redesignated as The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (MG). 35th Battalion, CEF 127th Battalion (12th York Rangers), CEF 220th Battalion (12th Regiment...
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with the 2nd Battalion (35th Battalion, CEF), The York Rangers and redesignated as The Queen's Rangers. Redesignated on 1 December 1927, as The Queen's...
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peak). The ranger corps became the chief scouting arm of British Crown forces by the late 1750s. The British forces in America valued Rogers' Rangers for...
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