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5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Index 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

The 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, was an infantry battalion of the British Army. [1]

45 relations: Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Battalion, Belleuse, Bray-Dunes, Brighton, British Army, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), Cattistock, Cherbourg-Octeville, Conteville, Somme, Dive bomber, Dunkirk evacuation, Eps, Pas-de-Calais, Evershot, Hastings, Hazebrouck, Hestrus, Infantry, Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lillers, Mont des Cats, Office of Public Sector Information, Operation Sea Lion, Pioneer (military), Poperinge, Regular army, Royal Sussex Regiment, Scheldt, Southampton, SS Amsterdam (1930), Strazeele, Territorial Force, Vivoin, Volunteer Force, Western Front (World War I), World War I, World War II, Yeomanry, 12th (Eastern) Division, 133rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 37th Brigade (United Kingdom), 44th (Home Counties) Division, 48th (South Midland) Division.

Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force and integrated element of the British Army.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

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Belleuse

Belleuse is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Bray-Dunes

Bray-Dunes (Brayduinen in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, located on the Belgian border.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury.

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Cattistock

Cattistock is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, sited in the upper reaches of the Frome Valley, northwest of the county town Dorchester.

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Cherbourg-Octeville

Cherbourg-Octeville is a city and former commune situated at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche.

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Conteville, Somme

Conteville is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Dive bomber

A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops.

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Dunkirk evacuation

The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

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Eps, Pas-de-Calais

Eps is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Evershot

Evershot is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately south of Yeovil in Somerset.

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Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London.

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Hazebrouck

Hazebrouck (Hazebroek) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Hestrus

Hestrus is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.

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Lillers

Lillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Mont des Cats

Mont des Cats is a small hill (alt. 164m) near the town of Godewaersvelde, in French Flanders.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Operation Sea Lion

Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War.

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Pioneer (military)

A pioneer is a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks.

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Poperinge

Poperinge (also spelled Poperinghe in the past) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, and has a history going back to medieval times.

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Regular army

A regular army is the official army of a state or country (the official armed forces), contrasting with irregular forces, such as volunteer irregular militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc.

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Royal Sussex Regiment

The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966.

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Scheldt

The Scheldt (l'Escaut, Escô, Schelde) is a long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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SS Amsterdam (1930)

TSS Amsterdam was a passenger and freight vessel built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1930.

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Strazeele

Strazeele (from Flemish; Strazele in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Territorial Force

The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer organisation, created in 1908 to help meet the military needs of the United Kingdom (UK) without resorting to conscription.

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Vivoin

Vivoin is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.

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Volunteer Force

The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yeomanry

Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Army Reserve, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments.

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12th (Eastern) Division

The 12th (Eastern) Division was an infantry division raised by the British Army during World War I from men volunteering for Kitchener's New Armies.

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133rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 133rd Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw service during World War I in British India but never as a complete formation.

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1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

The 1st Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army with a very long history.

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2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 2nd Infantry Brigade (later 2 (South East) Brigade) was a regional brigade of the British Army, active since before the First World War.

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37th Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 37th Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that served in both World War I and World War II.

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44th (Home Counties) Division

The Home Counties Division was an infantry division of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army, that was raised in 1908.

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48th (South Midland) Division

The 48th (South Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Battalion,_Royal_Sussex_Regiment

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