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    The Manx Regiment – the 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – was raised in 1938 as a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British...
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    Isle of Man (redirect from Manx (mythology))
    The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]), or Mann (/mæn/ man), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the...
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    Artillery Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery Manx Regiment List of vehicles...
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    of the Royal Manx Fencibles (third corps, 1803–1811) no more fencible regiments were raised for home defence. Several fencible regiments were raised in...
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    original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013. "Museum of the Manx Regiment at Manx Aviation Preservation Society". Retrieved 23 October 2013. Aircraft...
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    Douglas, Peel, Port Erin and Ramsey.[citation needed] The (now disbanded) Manx Regiment was raised in 1938 and saw action during the Second World War.[citation...
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    Bruce MacPherson (judge) (category Manx judges)
    King's Liverpool Regiment and served in the Cameroons, 1914–15. He was promoted to major in 1935. As an advocate he joined the Manx Bar in 1936. He was...
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  • Billy Redmayne (category Manx people)
    February 1991 – 19 April 2016) was a Manx soldier and motorcycle racer. A native of Laxey, he served in the Parachute Regiment and completed three tours in Afghanistan...
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  • The Royal Manx Fencibles was a fencible regiment of the British Army which was raised on the Isle of Man. Its duties included home defence, but it performed...
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  • his accountancy articles in 1939 when he volunteered to enlist in the Manx Regiment. He served in the desert and was blinded in May 1944 at the Battle of...
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  • 156 Regiment RLC is an Army Reserve Regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. The Regiment was first formed in the Royal Corps of Transport...
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    Security. (Blackpool, Lancashire) Edward Lawrence Kissack, Secretary, Manx Regiment, Old Comrades' Association. For services to Ex-Servicemen on the Isle...
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  • Seven companies of the regiment (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th) were made up of Scotch-Irish, Germans, Welsh, Manx, Free Quakers, along with...
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    103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve and primarily has sub-units throughout the Greater Manchester...
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    Louis Cannan (born 20 January 1968), Member of the House of Keys (MHK), is a Manx politician and independent Member of the House of Keys for Ayre & Michael...
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  • Badges: County Regiments & One City Regiment - Infantry - 1 to 179. British Armed Forces.org Smith Gun used by the Isle of Man Home Guard, Manx National Heritage...
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  • demobilized. The 1st Manx (Service) Company was formed in 1915 and posted to the 16th (Reserve) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). The 16th King's...
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    geansaidh, Wiktionary, 17 May 2021, retrieved 3 January 2022 "jumper in Manx - English-Manx Dictionary | Glosbe". glosbe.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022. The dictionary...
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    Rayner Hoff (category Manx emigrants to Australia)
    George Rayner Hoff (27 November 1894 – 19 November 1937) was a British-born sculptor who mainly worked in Australia. He fought in World War I and is chiefly...
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    Robert Henry Cain (category Manx people)
    Robert Henry Cain was born in Shanghai on 2 January 1909. His parents were Manx and returned to the Isle of Man when he was young, where he was educated...
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  • Squadron, in Manchester Manx Troop, in Douglas, Isle of Man 350 Field Squadron (EOD), in Chesterfield 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (EOD) (Army Reserve):...
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    Isle of Man Airport (Manx: Purt Aer Vannin, also known as Ronaldsway Airport) (IATA: IOM, ICAO: EGNS) is the main civilian airport on the Isle of Man....
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  • 75 Engineer Regiment is a Royal Engineers regiment, part of the British Army's Army Reserve. In 1967, the regiment consisted of 125 and 143 Squadrons)...
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    Hogmanay (category Articles containing Manx-language text)
    this as hog-un-naa and give the modern Manx form as Hob dy naa. Manx dictionaries though give Hop-tu-Naa (Manx pronunciation: [hopʰ tθu neː]), generally...
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  • Royal Manx Fencibles (third corps, 1803–1811) no more fencible regiments were raised for home defence. In the early years of the 19th Century, regiments of...
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    Anthony Quayle (category English people of Manx descent)
    Road, Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, to solicitor Arthur Quayle, of a Manx family, and Esther Kate Quayle (née Overton). He was educated at Abberley...
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    India Regiment Toniataba, Gambia Nigel Leakey Kenyan 1941* Second World War BB012King's African Rifles Colito, Abyssinia Robert Henry Cain Manx 1944 Second...
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    2011, the Duke visited the Isle of Man to meet with the representative of Manx National Heritage and the Council of Cancer Charities. On 8 November 2011...
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  • William Garrett (Medal of Honor) (category Manx emigrants to the United States)
    William Garrett (February 6, 1842 – December 30, 1916) was a Manx-born American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Garrett received his country's...
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  • Gordon Parkin. For services to the Understanding of Astronomy and to the Manx Community Jersey Steven Timothy Cartwright, Chief Officer, Bailiff’s Office...
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