• The Westminster Trained Bands were a part-time military force established in 1572, recruited from residents of the City of Westminster. As part of the...
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  • The Surrey Trained Bands were a part-time military force in Surrey in the Home counties of England from 1558 until they were reconstituted as the Surrey...
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    The London Trained Bands (LTBs) were a part-time military force in the City of London from 1559 until they were reconstituted as conventional Militia...
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  • City of Westminster in the suburbs of London. Descended from the Westminster Trained Bands, which were on duty during the Armada campaign of 1588 and saw...
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  • trained bands in April, when Middlesex reported 10,000 trained men (apparently including the 6000 in the four regiments of the London Trained Bands (LTBs)...
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    Hampshire. These forces were supplemented by a brigade of Trained Bands from London, the Westminster Red Regiment, the London Green Auxiliaries and the Tower...
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    selected the site and founded the new capital, New Westminster. Moody and the Royal Engineers were trained in settlement and selected the site because of...
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  • The Westminster Quarters Recording of Westminster chimes from Big Ben, broadcast on Radio Oranje, at midnight on new year's eve 1945 Problems playing...
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    English Civil War in August 1642, Hewson probably served in the Westminster Trained Bands, which fought at Turnham Green. He subsequently joined the Parliamentarian...
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    Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet (category London Trained Bands officers)
    Westminster Trained Bands (the Red Regiment) in 1642, and he commanded a London brigade (his own regiment, together with the Green Auxiliary Trained Bands...
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    the cities of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey. The line was originally known only as "the SkyTrain" from its inception in 1985 until 2002...
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    had been Captain of the St Martin-in-the-Fields company of the Westminster Trained Bands but was among the Royalist officers purged from the regiment on...
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    established by the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company as an interurban line in 1890. The Expo Line (originally referred to as simply "SkyTrain" until the...
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    Archbishop of Westminster. The site on which the cathedral stands in the City of Westminster was purchased by the Diocese of Westminster in 1885, and construction...
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    enable several smaller bands to train and perform as larger bands for more significant Army events: 'Co-locating 11 of the smaller bands in three major garrisons...
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    Death and state funeral of George VI (category 1950s in the City of Westminster)
    The coffin was carried by train to London King's Cross railway station where another formal procession carried it to Westminster Hall where the king lay...
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    military bands are a group of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) that performs musical duties for military functions. Military bands form a part...
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    Funeral of Lord Mountbatten (category 1970s in the City of Westminster)
    Earl Mountbatten of Burma took place on Wednesday, 5 September 1979, at Westminster Abbey following his assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican...
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  • constructed round London, encompassing Westminster and the suburban parishes of east Middlesex, whose trained bands came under the London Militia Committee...
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    located partly in the City of Westminster and mostly in the London Borough of Brent. Some of the area within Westminster forms a civil parish, the first...
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    Death and funeral of Mary of Teck (category 1950s in the City of Westminster)
    Castle, following her death on 24 March and subsequent lying in state at Westminster Hall. Her death occurred two months short of her 86th birthday and ten...
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    The Unknown Warrior (category Burials at Westminster Abbey)
    western front during the First World War. He is interred in a grave at Westminster Abbey, also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. He was given a...
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    Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host...
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    three companies, a pipe band and its own colours and was sponsored by the regiment. The corps evolved to become 235 Westminster Detachment (London Scottish...
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    Andy Mackay (category 801 (band) members)
    London, attending Westminster City School where he was a chorister in the choir of St Margaret's, Westminster. A classically trained woodwind player, he...
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    death in 2021. Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an interest in jazz at a young age and joined the band Blues Incorporated. He also...
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    horseback in a great procession through the decorated city streets to Westminster. Bands played along the route, the public conduits flowed with red and white...
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    procession took two hours to get from Westminster Hall to Paddington station, where the mourners boarded the royal train, which took them (along with the King's...
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    Wedding of Princess Mary and Henry Lascelles (category Weddings at Westminster Abbey)
    (later 6th Earl of Harewood) took place on Tuesday, 28 February 1922, at Westminster Abbey. The bride was the only daughter of King George V, while the groom...
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    biographical film based on the life and music of performer Elton John. Fletcher trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. His first film part was as Baby Face in Bugsy...
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