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2. Uniforms of the British Army - Wikipedia

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   Scotland, which remained independent from England until the 1707 Acts of Union created the Kingdom of Great Britain, also raised a standing Scottish Army after the English Civil War (known in Scotland and Ireland as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms), which merged with the English Army in 1707 to create the British Army. [36]

3. Barbour (company) - Wikipedia

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   John Barbour, a native of Galloway, Scotland, founded J. Barbour and Sons Ltd in South Shields, England, in 1894 as an importer of oil-cloth. [3] [1] John's grandson Duncan, a keen motorcyclist, would also take the company in that direction during his tenure as Barbour became the originator of waxed cotton motorcycling suits and jackets.

4. Regular Reserve (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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   The Regular Reserve of the British Army was originally created in 1859 by Secretary of State for War Sidney Herbert, and re-organised under the Reserve Force Act 1867. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars until 1847, men were enlisted for twenty-one years, practically for life. Thereafter, the term of enlistment was ten years, then twelve years.

5. List of nicknames of British Army regiments - Wikipedia

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   The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")

6. National Hospital Service Reserve - Wikipedia

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   The aim of the NHSR was to provide a reserve of men and women with qualifications in first aid and nursing. [5] Members of the unit were required to undertake 48 hours of training per year. [6] In times of war they would provide additional staff for hospitals and man 2,000 mobile first aid units and 800 static first aid posts. [5]

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8. List of armed conflicts involving Ireland against the United ...

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   Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland [1] Gaelic Ireland: Angevin Empire: Anglo-Norman victory. Most of Ireland absorbed into the Lordship of Ireland; 1315-1318 Bruce campaign in Ireland [2] Gaelic Ireland Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of England. Lordship of Ireland; English victory: 1569-1573 First Desmond Rebellion [3] Fitzmaurice of Desmond ...

9. Royal Irish Regiment (1992) - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (R IRISH) is a light infantry regiment of the British Army.The regiment was founded in 1992 through the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment.