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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 had captured the ridge in one bound, capturing and killing many of the enemy (many more fleeing Germans would have been killed but for the poor British musketry) and the work of consolidation began during the morning. 20th KRRC's party with 9th Bde was relieved about 16.00, while the other party bivouacked overnight at the Rectangle.
Spearhead is a British television drama series. [1] Produced by Southern Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of three series and 19 episodes from 18 July 1978 to 3 September 1981. It featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional British Army infantry ...
Bill Alexander - Political commissar of British Anti-Tank Battery, British Battalion. [3] Became commander of British Battalion in December 1937 [4] Took part in the Battle of Belchite (1937) and was promoted to captain after the Battle of Teruel. [5] Celestino Alfonso - Machine-gunner and political commissar. Todor Angelov - Served in the ...
Battalions of the British Army in World War II (1 C, 8 P) Battalions of the Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom) (8 P) Battalions of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (17 P)
A battalion in the Indian Army consists of four rifle companies. In turn, each rifle company consists three platoons. A battalion in the Indian Army is commanded by a colonel. [25] Normally a battalion is attached to a regiment of infantry, which is organised, as a general rule, of a number of battalions and the regimental centre battalion.
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) 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (1961 to 1964)
On TV, the British Free Corps was a subject for "The Hide", the final episode of series 6 of the British TV series Foyle's War, in which a British POW who had joined the BFC was tried for treason in Great Britain once he returned home, after surviving the firebombing of Dresden. [34]