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Capt. William D. Wood, Cornwall Volunteer Cavalry, c.1863. Cornwall Troop of Volunteer Militia Cavalry – raised on 15 February 1856, under Capt. James J. Dickinson, with Lt. William D. Wood and Cornet John Kewan. The troop provided an honour guard for the visit of the Prince of Wales to Dickinson's Landing in 1860. This troop was disbanded in ...
The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom.It is a voluntary youth group sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (British Army).Local units of the ACF, called Detachments, are based in towns and villages across the UK and formed of those cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) parading together at that location.
The Cornwall Fortress Royal Engineers, was a volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers formed in 1908. ... In the new year, 509 Bty formed a Training Troop, which ...
1st Btn, 108th Line Regt (415) 2nd Btn, 108th Line Regt (406) 3rd Btn, 108th Line Regt (251) Artillery Cpt Deshailles 18th Bty, 6th Arty (six 6 lb., two 5.5" how.) 6th Division Gen de Division Prince Jérôme Bonaparte. 1st Brigade Gen de Brigade Pierre François Bauduin. 1st Btn, 1st Legere Regt (625 approx) 2nd Btn, 1st Legere Regt (625 approx)
In 1899 the RA was divided into separate field and garrison branches, and the artillery volunteers were all assigned to the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). On 1 January 1902 the RA's divisional organisation was abolished and the titles were changed, the unit becoming the 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers).
First DCLI Cemetery, The Bluff in Belgium. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959.. The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.
In the evening the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (5th DCLI) of 214th Brigade and the 7th Royal Tank Regiment (7th RTR) attacked the hill and reached the hilltop and woods nearby, which brought the four 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division brigades onto the ridge. To the north of Éterville, troops of the 3rd Canadian Division had ...
The Devon and Cornwall County Division was a County Division of the British Army created during the Second World War.It was formed on 28 February 1941, from recently recruited soldiers, in response to the renewed threat of a German invasion.