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    case for the Falkland Islands Defence Force and the Royal Montserrat Defence Force. The Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Forces collectively were known...
    113 KB (10,890 words) - 22:15, 5 July 2024
  • supplement the regular army. A a volunteer force was considered as the fastest way for the nation to build up a credible defence force before the conscription-based...
    22 KB (2,532 words) - 06:51, 4 October 2023
  • The 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army from 1860 to 1956. During World War I, it was the only...
    60 KB (7,598 words) - 17:19, 12 May 2024
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    The 1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers and its successors were part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1860 to 1967. Although the units...
    42 KB (5,012 words) - 04:30, 11 May 2024
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    Auxiliaries (redirect from Auxiliary force)
    Singapore Armed Forces Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit, an auxiliary of the Singapore Civil Defence Force Swedish Air Force Volunteers Association (Flygvapenfrivilligas...
    45 KB (4,870 words) - 06:06, 8 May 2024
  • enthusiasm that created the British Volunteer Force in the mid-19th Century was the 1st Northumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVC), which was raised after...
    38 KB (4,462 words) - 17:17, 12 May 2024
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    War Medal 1939–1945 (category Decorations of the Merchant Navy)
    May 1945. Cyprus Police Force employed on full-time military service from 10 June 1940 to 12 June 1941. Cyprus Volunteer Force from 2 June 1941 to 2 September...
    17 KB (1,956 words) - 04:36, 30 June 2024
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    ISSN 0459-7222. Media related to Navy of Lithuania at Wikimedia Commons Lithuanian Naval Force official webpage Lithuanian Ministry of Defence site...
    26 KB (2,560 words) - 16:49, 6 January 2024
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    A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and...
    39 KB (4,767 words) - 14:59, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Royal Australian Navy
    The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice...
    72 KB (5,704 words) - 20:54, 5 August 2024
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    air defence responsibilities under the air force. Area air defence, the air defence of a specific area or location, (as opposed to point defence), have...
    98 KB (13,255 words) - 00:47, 31 July 2024
  • Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 14 May 1942...
    51 KB (6,197 words) - 14:04, 10 May 2024
  • Good Conduct (Ulster Defence Regiment) Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Indians) Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good...
    28 KB (1,711 words) - 22:16, 27 May 2024
  • emergencies and constituted the third line of defence after the Permanent Force and the part-time Active Citizen Force regiments. The commandant rank was equivalent...
    17 KB (2,316 words) - 20:18, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers
    The 1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers and its successors were part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1859 to 1956. Although these units...
    44 KB (5,574 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2nd Devonshire Artillery Volunteers
    The 2nd Devonshire Artillery Volunteers was a unit of the British Volunteer Force and Territorial Army. The unit and its successors defended Plymouth Dockyard...
    30 KB (3,602 words) - 04:19, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force
    Lanka Volunteer Naval Force (SLVNF) is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the Sri Lanka Navy. The SLVNF, which consists of the volunteer force and...
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    British Army in time of need. A number of Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) were formed for coastal defence in South Wales, and by the 1880s they had been consolidated...
    38 KB (4,660 words) - 19:13, 1 January 2022
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    Jock Stirrup (category Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies)
    known as Jock Stirrup, is a former senior Royal Air Force commander who was the Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 until his retirement in late 2010....
    40 KB (3,921 words) - 06:38, 9 July 2024
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    RNVR. Army Reserve (United Kingdom) British Merchant Navy Maritime Volunteer Service Royal Auxiliary Air Force Royal Marines Reserve Royal Naval Patrol Service...
    49 KB (5,438 words) - 14:03, 25 July 2024
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