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The British Battalion (1936–1938; officially the Saklatvala Battalion) was the 16th battalion of the XV International Brigade, one of the mixed brigades of the International Brigades, during the Spanish Civil War.
The British Battalion was an ad hoc formation created on 20 December 1941 during the Battle of Malaya. It was amalgamated from two regular British Army battalions. 2nd Bn, East Surrey Regiment under Lieut-Col. G E Swinton MC and; 1st Bn, The Leicestershire Regiment under Lieut-Col. Charles Esmond Morrison, OBE, MC
Mastiff is a heavily armoured 6×6-wheel drive patrol vehicle which carries eight troops, plus two crew, and is fitted with ECMs and bowman radios. [177] Ridgeback is a 4×4-wheel drive variant of the Mastiff, and provides protected mobility in urban and urban-fringe environments. It comes in three variants: battlefield ambulance, command ...
Recruiting poster for the Football Battalion. This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War.
1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (1964 to 1971) British Battalion [5] 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (1954 to 1956) 1st Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (1956 to 1958) 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (1957 to 1959) 1st Battalion, 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) (1959 to 1961)
All units within the British Army service are either Regular (full-time) or Army Reserve (full-time or part-time), or a combination with sub-units of each type. Naming conventions of units differ for traditional British historical reasons, creating a significant opportunity for confusion; an infantry battalion is equivalent to a cavalry regiment.
The first British objective was the line Rue de Marais - Lorgies - Fromelles, and 1st Division's 3rd Brigade was in the line at Richebourg L'Avoue, southwest of Neuve Chapelle. The Gloster's 1st Battalion was assigned to the reserve and tasked with continuing the advance to Rue de Marais once the assaulting battalions had taken their objectives ...
All the King's Men is a British World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999.The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, The Vanished Battalion by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery.