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Epsom Riot

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The Epsom Riot occurred when about 400 Canadian soldiers rioted and attacked the police station at Epsom, England on 17 June 1919, resulting in the death of Station-Sergeant Green, a British police officer, who died of his injuries the following day. [1]

20 relations: Canadian Army, Canadian Forestry Corps, Cecil Whiteley, Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling, Edward VIII, Epsom, Epsom Derby, Epsom Downs, Guildford, Martin Knight (author), Metropolitan Police Service, Police officer, Police station, Queen's Counsel, Riot, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Scotland Yard, The National Archives (United Kingdom), 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF, 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF.

Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (French: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canadian Forestry Corps

The Canadian Forestry Corps (Corps forestier canadien in French) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge, and other insignia and traditions.

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Cecil Whiteley

Judge George Cecil Whiteley KC MA DL JP (1875–1942), was Common Serjeant of London from 1933 to 1942 and a Judge at the Mayor's and City of London Court.

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Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling

Charles John Darling, 1st Baron Darling, (1849–1936) was an English lawyer, politician and later a High Court judge.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year, after which he became the Duke of Windsor.

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Epsom

Epsom is a market town in Surrey, England, south-west of London, between Ashtead and Ewell.

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Epsom Derby

The Derby Stakes, officially the Investec Derby, popularly known as the Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.

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Epsom Downs

Epsom Downs is an area of chalk upland near Epsom, Surrey; in the North Downs.

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Guildford

Guildford is a large town in Surrey, England, United Kingdom located southwest of central London on the A3 trunk road midway between the capital and Portsmouth.

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Martin Knight (author)

Martin Knight is a British author born in Epsom in Surrey in 1957 mainly associated with working class culture and football literature.

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Police officer

A police officer, also known as an officer, policeman, policewoman, cop, police agent, or a police employee is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Police station

A police station (sometimes called a "station house" in the US) is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Riot

A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property or people.

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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the territorial police force responsible for policing most of London.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF

The 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War.

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3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF

The 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_Riot

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