• The Bolton Rifles, later the 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 until 1967. It served...
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    his death. Dobson was Mayor of Bolton for four years, 1894–1898, dying in office. He also served in the Bolton Rifles (the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of...
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    Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, eventually becoming 2nd Battalion, The Rifles in 2007. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was raised in the American colonies...
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    established regular regiment and were titled the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). In 1816, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, they were again renamed, this...
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    Often called Charley by his friends, he was also known as Charles (or C.E.) Bolton. Considered a gentleman bandit with a reputation for style and sophistication...
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    53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment was a Royal Artillery (RA) unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) during World War II. It was descended from the...
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    North Lancashire Regiment 2nd VB, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [[Bolton Rifles|5th Bn, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st VB, Manchester Regiment...
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  • who was told by a fortune teller that the spirits of those killed by the rifles would kill her as soon as the house was finished being built. Note: This...
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  • Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals Infantry Foot Guards Line Infantry Rifles Special Air Service Army Air Corps Special Reconnaissance Regiment Royal...
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  • rate of fire. In the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, a gunman using semiautomatic rifles equipped with bump stocks fired hundreds of rounds into a crowd, killing...
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    facility to increase production capacity by more than 25 fold, from 9,601 rifles in 1860 to 276,200 in 1864, served as a precursor to the mass production...
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    Shankill Road, Adair's family and supporters went to Bolton where they garnered the nickname 'Bolton Wanderers' after the football club of the same name...
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    Rajputana Rifles Major Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles Captain Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse, 2 Rajputana Rifles Lieutenant...
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  • from Schwill and Hester; the SWAT team returned fire with shotguns and M16 rifles, killing all seven remaining members, including Sanders. Police then discovered...
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  • Camp Tye Brook and Camp Bolton Smith. Both closed in 1940 due to water contamination. Camp Bolton Smith was named after Bolton Smith, who had worked to...
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    strongly defended by 300 determined enemy soldiers with machine guns and rifles, supported by several pillboxes, three 20mm. guns, one 37-mm. gun and heavy...
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  • Royal Lancers) Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (King's Royal Rifles) Crown Prince Leka Prince Leka Alexander, Archduke of Austria(Irish Guards)...
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    (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment, formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of 45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment (previously the 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion...
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  • The North York Militia, later the North York Rifles, was an auxiliary military force raised in the North Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. From...
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    Bolton le Moors Cavalry (also known as Bolton Volunteer Cavalry), one troop reformed 3 August 1802; disbanded 1813, reformed 6 January 1820 as Bolton...
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  • high-powered rifles killed him instantly. His wife was arrested on charges of harboring a fugitive; two other gang members, Byron Bolton and Doc Barker...
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    James St. Clair ordered Bolton to appear for the prosecution, as he was considered less expensive than hiring a barrister. Bolton vainly requested to be...
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    Australian Infantry Regiment, which had formerly been known as the "Adelaide Rifles". Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Price Weir, after formation the...
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    enlisted as a volunteer soldier in what became Company C of Anderson's Rifles (also known as the Mississippi Battalion), on October 30, 1847, at Hernando...
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    withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said in early 2019 that U.S. operations in the al-Tanf area would continue...
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  • Grace Davies Blackpool Boston Manor Jethro Tull Bolton Badly Drawn Boy Buzzcocks Cherry Ghost Kinesis Bolton-upon-Dearne The Sherlocks Bournemouth Air Traffic...
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    6th Battalion, The Rifles, at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter (Army Reserve Light Infantry) — paired with 1 RIFLES 8th Battalion, The Rifles in Bishop Auckland...
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    Royal Small Arms Factory, at Enfield Lock, produced the famous Enfield rifles. The Brimsdown Industrial Estate is home to heavy industry, warehousing...
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    right track, and just drive on. As a cadet, Powell joined the Pershing Rifles, the ROTC fraternal organization and drill team begun by General John Pershing...
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  • 2023 Allen, Texas mall shooting (category Mass shootings involving AR-15–style rifles)
    Safety voted, 8–5, to advance a bill to raise the age to buy AR-15-style rifles from 18 to 21, with two Republicans joining all Democrats in support. The...
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