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Royal Manx Fencibles

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The Royal Manx Fencibles was a fencible regiment of the British Army which was raised on the Isle of Man. [1]

62 relations: Ballymena, Battalion, Battle of Antrim, British Army, Captain, Castletown, Isle of Man, Coleraine, Colonel, Corporal, County Donegal, Court-martial, Derry, Douglas, Isle of Man, Drummer (military), Dublin, England, Ensign, Fencibles, Fifer, French expedition to Ireland (1796), Grande Armée, Grenadier, Harvest, Ireland, Irish Rebellion of 1798, Isle of Man, James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon, John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, Lazare Hoche, Lieutenant, Lieutenant colonel, Lifford, Liverpool, Looting, Lord Henry Murray, Major, Michael, Isle of Man, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Non-commissioned officer, Omagh, Peel, Isle of Man, Quartermaster sergeant, Ramsey, Isle of Man, River Mersey, Scarborough Castle, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scotland, Secretary at War, Sergeant, ..., Sergeant major, Society of United Irishmen, Strabane, Treaty of Amiens, Tynwald, Villa Marina, Isle of Man, Walter Scott, Warrington, Whitby, Wigtownshire, William Hillary, Yorkshire. Expand index (12 more) »

Ballymena

Ballymena is a large town in County Antrim, and the eighth largest in Northern Ireland.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

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Battle of Antrim

The Battle of Antrim was fought on 7 June 1798, in County Antrim, Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 between British troops and Irish insurgents led by Henry Joy McCracken.

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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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Captain

Captain and chief officer are overlapping terms, formal or informal, for the commander of a military unit, the commander of a ship, airplane, spacecraft, or other vessel, or the commander of a port, fire department or police department, election precinct, etc.

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Castletown, Isle of Man

Castletown (Balley Chashtal, pronounced) is a town in the Isle of Man, geographically within the historical parish of Malew but administered separately.

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Coleraine

Coleraine (Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002.) is a large town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland.

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Douglas, Isle of Man

Douglas (Doolish) is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 27,938 (2011).

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Drummer (military)

A drummer was responsible for the drums in the army for use on the battlefield.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ensign

An ensign is the national flag flown on a vessel to indicate citizenry.

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Fencibles

The Fencibles (from the word defencible) were British regiments raised in the United Kingdom and in the colonies for defence against the threat of invasion during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Fifer

A fifer is a non-combatant military occupation of a foot soldier who originally played the fife during combat.

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French expedition to Ireland (1796)

The French expedition to Ireland, known in French as the Expédition d'Irlande ("Expedition to Ireland"), was an unsuccessful attempt by the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republican group, in their planned rebellion against British rule.

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Grande Armée

The Grande Armée (French for Great Army) was the army commanded by Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Grenadier

A grenadier (derived from the word grenade) was originally a specialized soldier, first established as a distinct role in the mid-to-late 17th century, for the throwing of grenades and sometimes assault operations.

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Harvest

Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798), also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion (Éirí Amach na nÉireannach Aontaithe), was an uprising against British rule in Ireland lasting from May to September 1798.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon

Lieutenant-General James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon (29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837), styled as Lord James Murray until 1821, was a British Army officer, Member of Parliament and peer.

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John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl

John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, KT, PC, FRS (30 June 1755 – 29 September 1830), styled Marquess of Tullibardine from 1764 to 1774, was a Scottish peer.

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Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl

Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, DBE (née Ramsay; 6 November 1874 – 21 October 1960), known as the Marchioness of Tullibardine from 1899 to 1917, was a Scottish noblewoman and Scottish Unionist Party politician whose views were often unpopular in her party.

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Lazare Hoche

Louis Lazare Hoche (24 June 1768 – 19 September 1797) was a French soldier who rose to be general of the Revolutionary army.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lifford

Lifford (historically anglicised as Liffer) is the county town of County Donegal, Ireland.

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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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Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting.

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Lord Henry Murray

Lord Henry Murray (13 June 1767 – 3 December 1805) was a soldier and administrator who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Michael, Isle of Man

Michael Sheading (Sheadin Skylley Maayl) is a sheading (comprising the parishes of Jurby and Ballaugh, and Michael (District)) in the Isle of Man.

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Mount Pleasant, Liverpool

Mount Pleasant is a street in Liverpool City Centre.

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Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not earned a commission.

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Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Peel, Isle of Man

Peel (Purt ny h-Inshey – Port of the Island) is a seaside town and small fishing port on the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of German but administered separately.

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Quartermaster sergeant

Quartermaster sergeant (QMS) is a class of rank or appointment in some armed forces, especially those of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and formerly also in the United States.

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Ramsey, Isle of Man

Ramsey (Rhumsaa) is a coastal town in the north of the Isle of Man.

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River Mersey

The River Mersey is a river in the North West of England.

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Scarborough Castle

Scarborough Castle is a former medieval Royal fortress situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the North Sea and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

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Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Secretary at War

The Secretary at War was a political position in the English and later British government, with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the Army, but not over military policy.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces.

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Sergeant major

Sergeant major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world.

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Society of United Irishmen

The Society of United Irishmen was founded as a liberal political organisation in 18th-century Ireland that initially sought Parliamentary reform.

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Strabane

Strabane, historically spelt Straban, is a town in west Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Treaty of Amiens

The Treaty of Amiens (French: la paix d'Amiens) temporarily ended hostilities between the French Republic and Great Britain during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Tynwald

Tynwald (Tinvaal), or more formally, the High Court of Tynwald (Ard-whaiyl Tinvaal) or Tynwald Court is the legislature of the Isle of Man.

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Villa Marina, Isle of Man

The Villa Marina is an entertainment venue in Douglas, Isle of Man which forms part of the wider Villa-Gaiety complex.

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.

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Warrington

Warrington is a large town and unitary authority area in Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey, east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester.

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Whitby

Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Borough of Scarborough and English county of North Yorkshire.

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Wigtownshire

Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland.

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William Hillary

Sir William Hillary, 1st Baronet (4 January 1771 – 5 January 1847) was an English militia officer, author and philanthropist, best known as the founder, in 1824, of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution..

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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References

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

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