• The 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army first raised from the Cinque Ports of Kent and Sussex in 1859. It later...
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  • Volunteers, at Dover: 1st Administrative Brigade, Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers 1st A Cinque Ports AVC – raised at Dover as 1st Cinque Ports AVC 6 January...
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    Cinque Ports), and in September 1862 these artillery volunteer corps (AVCs) were brought together to form the 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers at...
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    South Devon Volunteers, formed in 1852, who became the 1st Devonshire Rifle Volunteers (and were often referred to as the 1st Rifle Volunteer Corps), and...
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  • the Cinque Ports of Sussex and Kent were organised in their own numerical sequence and admin battalions): 1st Administrative Battalion, Sussex Rifle Volunteer...
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  • Sussex Volunteer Regiment in October 1916, having previously volunteered with the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers and the Inns of Court Volunteer Rifles...
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  • the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers out of the Hastings Rifle Club, which in all but name was the successor of the old Cinque Ports Volunteers of about...
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    from the regular army in 1880. He was Colonel commanding the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers and was a JP for Sussex. At the 1885 general election, Brookfield...
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  • formed at Folkestone on 7 November 1859 (transferred to the 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers in April 1860) 4th Kent AVC formed at Sheerness Dockyard...
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  • The 1st Sussex Rifle Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army first raised from the county of Sussex in 1859. It later became the 6th (Cyclist)...
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    2nd Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) in 1863, and both came under the 4th Administrative Battalion of Hampshire Rifle Volunteers in 1865. In 1870...
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    1st Sussex was assigned to the Cinque Ports Division of the Royal Artillery (RA) in 1882, transferring to the Eastern Division after the Cinque Ports...
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    Lieutenant (Sussex); in politics a Unionist; a subaltern in 1st Cinque Port Rifle Volunteers, and during the First World War he was a Major in the Sussex...
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  • became a Volunteer Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, but without changing its title or its scarlet uniform faced with blue. When the Volunteers were assigned...
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    Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia and the Cinque Ports and Sussex units of the Volunteer Force. The 1st Battalion was sent to Egypt as part of General...
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    viceregal tenure, Willingdon was installed as the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and was elevated in the peerage as the Marquess of Willingdon. After...
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    Royal Bermuda Regiment (category Rifle regiments)
    Cameron Highlanders), the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps and the Bermuda Militia Infantry. A contingent of volunteers for overseas service from the Bermuda...
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  • regiments. In addition, the various corps of county rifle volunteers were to be designated as volunteer battalions. Each of these regiments was associated...
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  • perceived threat of invasion by France in the late 1850s. Organised as "rifle volunteer corps", they were independent of the British Army and composed primarily...
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  • Artillery, Erith 75th (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dover 89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal...
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    Artillery Volunteers from August 1862. However, in July 1867 was transferred to a new 1st Administrative Battalion, Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteers. The...
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    batteries on the eastern side of the canal at the Suez end under 89th (Cinque Ports) HAA Rgt, whose CO was AA Defence Commander (AADC), Suez. These 3.7-inch...
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    Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 1/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (from 21 February until 20 August 1915)...
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  • World War, commanded the Sittingbourne-based 89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment and later 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade in North Africa For Third...
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    to descend jointly from the Cinque Ports, Kent and Sussex Fortress Engineers, and derived its seniority (1890) from the 1st Sussex Engineers. Rather than...
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    combustion locomotives. The 13+1⁄2-mile (21.7 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to...
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    calibre ordnance. Royal Garrison Artillery units of the TF were "defended ports" units guarding coastal facilities, with the exception of the 4th Highland...
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    was the 1st (Birmingham Rifles) Warwickshire RVC. Under the 'Localisation of Forces' scheme introduced by the Cardwell reforms, the Volunteers in Warwickshire...
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  • Catholics e.g. the Ulster Protestant Volunteers, the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Special Constabulary...
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    daughter, "Turner and Cinque stood first in esteem" among Brown's black heroes. Furthermore, she noted Brown's "admiration of Cinques' character and management...
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