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Abbeville
Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
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Aldershot Command
Aldershot Command was a Home Command of the British Army.
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Ancre
The Ancre is a river of Picardy, France.
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Anti-Aircraft Command
Anti-Aircraft Command (AA Command, or "Ack-Ack Command") was a British Army command of the Second World War that controlled the Territorial Army anti-aircraft artillery and searchlight formations and units defending the United Kingdom.
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Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders.
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Armistice of 11 November 1918
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last opponent, Germany.
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Army Group Royal Artillery
An Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) was a British Commonwealth military formation type during the Second World War and shortly thereafter.
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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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Arras
Arras (Atrecht) is the capital (chef-lieu/préfecture) of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; prior to the reorganization of 2014 it was located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
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Ashford, Kent
Ashford is a town in the county of Kent, England.
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Authuille
Authuille is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Barrage (artillery)
A barrage is massed artillery fire aimed at points, typically apart, along one or more lines that can be from a few hundred to several thousand yards long.
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Battle honour
A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.
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Battle of Cambrai (1917)
The Battle of Cambrai (Battle of Cambrai, 1917, First Battle of Cambrai and Schlacht von Cambrai) was a British attack followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914, in the First World War.
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Battle of Festubert
The Battle of Festubert (15–25 May 1915) was an attack by the British army in the Artois region of France on the western front during World War I. The offensive formed part of a series of attacks by the French Tenth Army and the British First Army in the Second Battle of Artois.
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Battle of Flers–Courcelette
The Battle of Flers–Courcelette was fought during the Battle of the Somme in France, by the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth Army and Reserve Army, against the German 1st Army, during the First World War.
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Battle of Ginchy
The Battle of Ginchy took place on 9 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, when the 16th (Irish) Division captured the German-held village.
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Battle of Guillemont
The Battle of Guillemont (3–6 September 1916) was an attack by the Fourth Army on the village of Guillemont.
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Battle of Messines (1917)
The Battle of Messines was conducted by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer), on the Western Front near the village of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War.
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Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele (Flandernschlacht, Deuxième Bataille des Flandres), also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.
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Battle of Pilckem Ridge
The Battle of Pilckem Ridge (31 July – 2 August 1917) was the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War.
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Battle of the Canal du Nord
The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of a general Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I. The battle took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, along an incomplete portion of the Canal du Nord and on the outskirts of Cambrai between 27 September and 1 October 1918.
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Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, sometimes called "Battle of the Menin Road", was the third British general attack of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War.
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Battle of the Scarpe (1918)
The Battle of the Scarpe was a World War I battle that took place during the Hundred Days Offensive between 26 and 30 August 1918.
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Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme, Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and France against the German Empire.
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Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
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Billet
A billet is a living quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep.
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Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England.
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Bofors 40 mm gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
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Bolton Rifles
The Bolton Rifles, later the 5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 until 1967.
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Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer, often called Boulogne (Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia, Boulonne-su-Mér, Bonen), is a coastal city in Northern France.
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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 Expeditionary Force (World War I)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.
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Broadstairs
Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about east of London.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.
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Bullecourt
Bullecourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in France.
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Cadre (military)
A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit.
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Camborne
Camborne (Kammbronn) is a town in west Cornwall, United Kingdom.
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Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry.
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Canal de Saint-Quentin
The Canal de Saint-Quentin is a canal in northern France connecting the canalised Escaut River in Cambrai to the Canal latéral à l'Oise and Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne in Chauny.
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Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.
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Capture of Gueudecourt
Gueudecourt village lies on the Le Sars–Le Transloy road, north-east of Flers and north-west of Lesbœufs.
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Cardwell Reforms
The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.
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Chemical weapons in World War I
The use of toxic chemicals as weapons dates back thousands of years, but the first large scale use of chemical weapons was during World War I. They were primarily used to demoralize, injure, and kill entrenched defenders, against whom the indiscriminate and generally very slow-moving or static nature of gas clouds would be most effective.
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Childers Reforms
The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army.
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Chorley
Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.
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Deûle
The Deûle (Deule) is a river of northern France which is channeled for the main part of its course (from Lens to Lille).
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Demobilization
Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status.
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.
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Districts of Preston
Preston is a city of Lancashire, England.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.
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East Lancashire Regiment
The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom (12 December 1837 – 19 November 1898), known as The Lord Skelmersdale between 1853 and 1880, was a British Conservative politician.
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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), styled Mr Edward Stanley until 1886, then The Hon Edward Stanley and finally Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat, and racehorse owner.
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Essex
Essex is a county in the East of England.
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Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth (Aberfala) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp PC DL (10 November 1830 – 19 February 1891), styled The Honourable Frederick Lygon between 1853 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician.
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Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée
Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Grenadier Guards
The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Guillemont
Guillemont is a commune approximately east of Albert in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Haldane Reforms
The Haldane Reforms were a series of far-ranging reforms of the British Army made from 1906 to 1912, and named after the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane.
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Hallencourt
Hallencourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Hayle
Hayle (Heyl, "estuary") is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Hendecourt-lès-Ransart
Hendecourt-lès-Ransart is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Herne Bay, Kent
Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 38,563.
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Horwich
Horwich is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
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Hundred Days Offensive
The Hundred Days Offensive was the final period of the First World War, during which the Allies launched a series of offensives against the Central Powers on the Western Front from 8 August to 11 November 1918, beginning with the Battle of Amiens.
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II ANZAC Corps
The II ANZAC Corps (Second Anzac Corps) was an Australian and New Zealand First World War army corps formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the reorganization of the Australian Imperial Force following the evacuation of Gallipoli in November 1915, under the command of William Birdwood.
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.
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Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.
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King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune.
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Kirkham, Lancashire
Kirkham (originally Kirkam-in-Amounderness) is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston (11 miles west of Preston) and adjacent to the smaller town of Wesham.
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La Bassée
La Bassée is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Lancashire Fusiliers
The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many centuries and wars, including the Second Boer War both World War I and World War II, and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence.
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Lancashire Militia
The Lancashire Militia, based in Lancashire, England, was one of a number of county-based irregular military units designed to provide, during times of international tension, homeland security, relief of regular troops from routine garrison duties, and a source of trained officers and men for the regular Army.
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Langemark
Langemark is a village in the Belgian province of West-Flanders, and a deelgemeente of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle.
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Laventie
Laventie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Le Havre
Le Havre, historically called Newhaven in English, is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.
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Lee–Enfield
The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle that served as the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century.
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Leeds
Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
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Leuze-en-Hainaut
Leuze-en-Hainaut is a municipality in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
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Lewis gun
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War-era light machine gun of US design that was perfected and mass-produced in the United Kingdom, and widely used by British and British Empire troops during the war.
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Leyland, Lancashire
Leyland is a town in the South Ribble borough, in the county of Lancashire, England.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.
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Liverpool Blitz
The Liverpool Blitz was the heavy and sustained bombing of the English city of Liverpool and its surrounding area, during the Second World War by the German Luftwaffe.
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Liverpool Irish
The Liverpool Irish is a unit of the British Army's Territorial Army, raised in 1860 as a volunteer corps of infantry.
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Longridge
Longridge is a medium-sized town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England.
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Longton, Lancashire
Longton is a village and civil parish in the west of the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England.
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Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1970.
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Lys (river)
The Lys (French) or Leie (Dutch/German) is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt.
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Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes is a seaside resort on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, England, south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary.
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Manchester Blitz
The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe.
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Manchester Regiment
The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958.
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Marazion
Marazion (Marhasyow) is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation, the "Sudetenland", was coined.
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New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own), affectionately known as The Dinks, was formed on 1 May 1915 as the 3rd Brigade of the New Zealand Division, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
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No man's land
No man's land is land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty.
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Nottingham Blitz
The Nottingham Blitz was an attack by the German Luftwaffe on Nottingham during the night of 8–9 May 1941.
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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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Penzance
Penzance (Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom.
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Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park (Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is an urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 km west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey.
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Pillbox (military)
Pillboxes are concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons.
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Preston, Lancashire
Preston is the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, on the north bank of the River Ribble.
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Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut
The Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut, commonly referred to as Deepcut Barracks, is the headquarters of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) of the British Army and the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration.
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Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army.
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Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order (Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria.
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Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (Sint-Omaars) is a commune in France.
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Salient (military)
A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory.
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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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Seclin
Seclin is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Second Battle of Artois
The Second Battle of Artois (Deuxième bataille de l'Artois or Lorettoschlacht) from was a battle on the Western Front during the First World War.
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Second Battle of Passchendaele
The Second Battle of Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres of the First World War.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
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Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a town and civil parish with a population of 29,506 situated south-east of London in western Kent, England.
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Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet
Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet (11 January 1825 – 20 August 1872) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1862 to 1872.
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Somme (river)
The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France.
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Spring Offensive
The 1918 Spring Offensive, or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918, which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914.
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St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives (Porth Ia, meaning "St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall.
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Stanhope Memorandum
The Stanhope Memorandum was a document written by Edward Stanhope, the Secretary of State for War of the United Kingdom, on 8 December 1888.
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Stokes mortar
The Stokes mortar was a British trench mortar invented by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British, Empire and U.S. armies, as well as the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP), during the later half of the First World War.
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Swindon
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, South West England, between Bristol, to the west, and Reading, the same distance east.
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Territorial Decoration
The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a military medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army.
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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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The Blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
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The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.
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Tournai
Tournai (Latin: Tornacum, Picard: Tornai), known in Dutch as Doornik and historically as Dornick in English, is a Walloon municipality of Belgium, southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt.
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V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1")—also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherrystone) or Maikäfer (maybug)—was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power.
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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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War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
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Western Command (United Kingdom)
Western Command was a command of the British Army.
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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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Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.
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Wire obstacle
In the military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire.
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Witham
Witham is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population (2011 census) of 25,353.
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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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Ypres Salient
The Ypres Salient is the area around Ypres in Belgium which was the scene of some of the biggest battles in World War I.
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Zonnebeke
Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
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164th (North Lancashire) Brigade
The 164th (North Lancashire) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in World War I and remained in the United Kingdom throughout World War II, now as the 164th Infantry Brigade.
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170th (2/1st North Lancashire) Brigade
170th (2/1st North Lancashire) Brigade was a 2nd-Line infantry formation of the British Territorial Force raised during the First World War that served on the Western Front.
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218th Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 218th Brigade was a Home Service formation of the British Army during World War I and World War II.
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21st Army Group
The 21st Army Group was a World War II British headquarters formation, in command of two field armies and other supporting units, consisting primarily of the British Second Army and the First Canadian Army.
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33rd (Western) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
The 33rd (Western) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command of the Territorial Army, part of the British Army, formed shortly before the outbreak of World War II.
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39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)
39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) during World War II.
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3rd Division (Australia)
The 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army.
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47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Scotland in 1741.
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4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)
The 4th Anti-Aircraft Division (4th AA Division) was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army, created in the period of tension before the outbreak of World War II.
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50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)
50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) during World War II.
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51st (Highland) Division
The 51st (Highland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War from 1915 to 1918.
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55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
The 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army.
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57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division
The 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division was an infantry formation of the Territorial Force created in 1914 as part of the massive expansion of the British Army during the First World War.
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6.5×50mmSR Arisaka
The 6.5×50mm semi-rimmed (6.5×50mmSR) Japanese cartridge, currently manufactured under the designation 6.5mm Jap, was adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1897, along with the Type 30 Arisaka infantry rifle and carbine.
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7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.
The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 neuer Art (7.7 cm FK 96 n.A.) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I.
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73rd Division (United Kingdom)
73rd Division was a short-lived infantry division of the British Army during World War I. It served in Home Forces and never went overseas.
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81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
The 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793.
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9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
The 9th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, raised during the Second World War.
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Redirects here:
11th (1st Preston) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 12th (2nd Preston) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 14th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 150th (The Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 30th (Fishwick) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 44th (Longton) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 597th (The Loyal) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, 59th (Leyland) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 61st (Chorley) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 62nd (4th Battalion The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)) Searchlight Regiment, 62nd (Loyals) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, 6th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Rifles
