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This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1st Separate Women's Volunteer Rifle Brigade; 14th Searchlight Battery (Finland) ... Free Women's Units; G.
George VI, 1940 to 1948. Inscribed: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP: George VI, 1948 to 1952 (after Indian independence). Inscribed: GEORGIVS VI DEI: GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: The George Medal is awarded by the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations for acts of great bravery; over 2,000 medals have been awarded since its inception in September 1940. Below is set out a ...
1968 - Five women join the Brunner Volunteer Fire Brigade as operational crew; this is the first known instance of a mixed gender fire brigade. The United Fire Brigades Association (UFBA) refused to recognise the women's service. 1972 - Brunner VFB table a motion at the national UFBA conference to recognise female firefighters.
Photomechanical print c.1900 showing the original design of the landscaping, featuring the corps badges. As part of the original designs of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, the flower beds surrounding the structure were decorated with the insignias of the corps badges used throughout the Civil War, as well as various other military imagery.
Curragh Camp fire brigade in 1902. The Curragh Cemetery has many graves that attest to the British Army presence on the Curragh up to their departure in 1922. [18] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains the graves of 104 servicemen who died at the camp during World War I, which are scattered throughout the cemetery. [19]
The brigade's main task is to identify the causes of fires in collaboration with other police forces. "Discontinuous" volunteer fighters are former conscripts who have subscribed to the body, or citizens who have taken a specific course at the local Commands.
The Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon (Spanish: El pelotón Mariana Grajales), or Las Marianas, was an all-female military platoon created by Fidel Castro, Celia Sánchez, and Haydée Santamaría during the 26th of July Movement on 4 September 1958, named after the Cuban icon Mariana Grajales Cuello who served in the Cuban War of Independence.
Fire wardens inspected the houses and chimneys, fining for potential hazard. An eight-man team called a Rattle-Watch patrolled the streets at night. When a fire was detected, they shook wooden rattles to alert townspeople. In 1711 the concerned Americans formed the so-called mutual fire societies of approximately twenty members each.