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    Dillon's Regiment (French: Régiment de Dillon) was first raised in Ireland in 1688 by Theobald, 7th Viscount Dillon, for the Jacobite side in the Williamite...
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    Raised 1691 → 1691: Régiment de Clare → 1694: Régiment de Lee → 1730: Régiment de Bulkeley → 1775: Merged with Régiment de Dillon Bulkeley 1720 Bulkeley...
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  • (1689–1690) Régiment de Charlemont Régiment de Clare Régiment de Clancarty Régiment de Dillon (1698–1733) (renamed Régiment de Lee) Régiment de Dorrington...
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    French general Arthur Dillon, commander of the Régiment de Dillon, and the Martinique creole Laure de Girardin de Montgérald. Both her father and mother had...
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    assault being repulsed by two units of the Irish Brigade, the Régiment de Dillon and the Régiment de Bourke. The defenders now regrouped and counter-attacked;...
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    Detachment from Régiment de Brie Régiment de Royal Comtois Detachment from Régiment de Dillon 1ére Legion (Volontaires Étrangers de la Marine) Detachment...
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    as a deputy on 8 July 1791, emigrated and became a captain in the régiment de Dillon, a French Royalist unit fighting alongside the British. He returned...
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  • Reine Dragons Régiment du Dauphin Dragons Régiment de Monsieur Dragons Régiment de Artois Dragons Régiment d'Orléans Dragons Régiment de Chartres (transferred...
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    Régiment de Foix (2nd Battalion) Régiment de Dillon Régiment de Walsh Régiment de Guadeloupe — also saw service in French Antilles Artillery Régiment...
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    was a distant cousin of general Arthur Dillon (who also had a brother named Theobald). He entered Dillon's Regiment as a cadet in 1761, gradually rose to...
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  • Arthur Dillon, Count Dillon (1670–1733) was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served as colonel of Dillon's Regiment in the Irish Brigade in French...
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  • M134 Minigun (redirect from Dillon minigun)
    2003 the Dillon Aero minigun was certified and designated M134D. Once the Dillon Aero system was approved for general military service, Dillon Aero GAU-17s...
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    Arthur Dillon (1750–1794) was an Irish Catholic aristocrat born in England who inherited the ownership of a regiment that served France under the Ancien...
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    colonels: Lord Mountcashel, Butler, Feilding, O'Brien, and Dillon's Regiment, commanded by Arthur Dillon. The French reformed them and disbanded Butler's and...
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    Henry Dillon, 11th Viscount Dillon (1705–1787) was an Irish peer and a soldier in French service. He was the colonel proprietor of Dillon's Regiment, an...
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  • and incorporated in the régiment de Berwick. Note : another regiment, régiment de Bulkeley, briefly took the name of régiment de Clare between 1691 and...
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    The Distillerie Dillon is in Fort de France in Martinique. It distills many types of rum from the locally grown sugar cane. It is powered by a Corliss...
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    Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741) fought in the War of the Polish Succession for France under Berwick as colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment...
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    General Sir William Dillon Otter KCB CVO VD (December 3, 1843 – May 6, 1929) was a professional Canadian soldier who became the first Canadian-born Chief...
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    Sous-lieutenant in the cavalry Régiment de Chartres, in 1771 he was seconded to the Régiment de Bourgogne, promoted 1776 as Mestre-de-camp lieutenant en second...
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  • 7th Regiment of Dragoons 7éme Régiment de Dragons (Invasion–1809, transferred north to Army of Italy) 23rd Regiment of Dragoons 23éme Régiment de Dragons...
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    Arthur Richard Dillon (1721–1806) was archbishop of Narbonne in France. He was the youngest son of Arthur Dillon (1670–1733), who came to France with...
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    Theobald Dillon, 7th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin (died 1691) supported King James II, was attainted on 11 May 1691, and fell in the Battle of Aughrim...
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    Kenneth Dillon Bailey (October 21, 1910 – September 26, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps officer who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for...
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    daughter of Arthur Dillon, colonel-proprietor of the Dillon Regiment, and the lady-in-waiting Thérèse-Lucy de Rothe (1751–1782). Her father had been born in...
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    launching the economically-disastrous Great Leap Forward the previous year. Dillon, Michael (2014-10-27). Deng Xiaoping: The Man who Made Modern China. Bloomsbury...
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    Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon (1777–1832), was an Irish politician, soldier and writer. Despite being a Protestant, he supported Catholic...
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    mercenary regiments in the pay of England" (PDF). British Numismatic Society. Retrieved 2 November 2017. "Le Régiment de Roll au Service de l'Angleterre"...
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    Irish Legion (category Irish regiments in French service)
    in Dillon's Regiment, and his mother's father and several uncles served in Clare's Regiment. In August 1811 the Legion was renamed the 3e Regiment Etranger...
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    Marquain, when the routed French troops dragged their commander Théobald Dillon to Lille, where he was torn to pieces by the mob. One of the army commanders...
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