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6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

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The 6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was an infantry battalion of the British Army. [1]

18 relations: Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Battalion, British Army, British Raj, Infantry, Martin Farndale, No. 679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron AAC, Operation Overlord, Portsmouth, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Royal Hampshire Regiment, Territorial Force, Volunteer Force, Wessex Regiment, Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, World War I, World War II, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry 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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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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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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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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Martin Farndale

General Sir Martin Baker Farndale KCB (6 January 1929 – 10 May 2000) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1980s.

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No. 679 (The Duke of Connaught's) Squadron AAC

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Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 185016 January 1942) was a member of the British Royal Family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the tenth since Canadian Confederation.

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Royal Hampshire Regiment

The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.

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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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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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Wessex Regiment

The Wessex Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) infantry regiment of the British Army between 1971 and 1995.

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Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry was a Yeomanry Cavalry Regiment of the British Army that was formed in 1819.

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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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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division

The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army.

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Redirects here:

1/6th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Battalion, 59th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, 69th (Duke of Connaught's) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Battalion,_Hampshire_Regiment

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