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| Military band military band is a group of personnel that perform musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces. A typical military band consists mostly of wind and percussion instruments with a few Brass instruments. The conductor of a band commonly bears the title of Bandmaster or Director of Music. Ottoman military bands are thought to be the oldest variety of military marching band in the world. Military_band | |
| Territorial Army The Territorial Army (TA) is the volunteer reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces branch of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at a similar rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents. Territorial_Army | |
| Pegasus Bridge "Rolling bascule bridge" redirects here. For other types of bridge referred to as "rolling" see rolling bridge.Pegasus Bridge is a bascule bridge (a type of movable bridge), built in 1934, that crossed the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham, in Normandy, France. Pegasus_Bridge | |
| Freedom of the City Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by some municipalities in Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe to esteemed members of its community or to organisations that have given the community heroic service; the term applies to two separate honors, one civilian and one military. Key to the City is a similar award made in several other countries, and is more prevalent in the United States. Freedom_of_the_City | |
| Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Signals and other technical corps.The RMA was founded in 1741. Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich | |
| Royal Logistic Corps Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army corps that provides the logistic support for the Army. It is the largest corps in the British Army. Royal_Logistic_Corps | |
| Theodore Wright This is about the British soldier; for others, see Theodore Wright (disambiguation).Theodore Wright VC (15 May 1883-14 September 1914) born in Vailly, France) he was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Theodore_Wright | |
| Lines of Torres Vedras The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Masséna's 1810 offensive. Lines_of_Torres_Vedras | |
| Aerogram Aerogram or Air Letter, also called an aérogramme, is a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail, in which the letter and envelope are one and the same. Most postal administrations forbid enclosures in these light letters, which are usually sent abroad at a preferential rate.The majority of aerograms have an imprinted stamp, however, some countries, such as New Zealand, Rhodesia and Ireland, sell unstamped aerograms. Aerogram | |
| Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890), was a British soldier. Robert_Napier,_1st_Baron_Napier_of_Magdala | |
| Royal Corps of Signals The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals - abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communications. Royal_Corps_of_Signals | |
| 29th Division (United Kingdom) The British 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was a First World War regular army infantry division formed in early 1915 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. Under the command of Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the division fought throughout the Battle of Gallipoli, including the original landing at Cape Helles. From 1916 to the end of the war the division fought on the Western Front in France. 29th_Division_(United_Kingdom) | |
| 1953 Iranian coup d'état The 1953 Iranian coup d’état deposed the democratically-elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq. "The prime minister and his nationalist supporters in parliament roused Britain's ire when they nationalised the oil industry in 1951, which had previously been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves," according to The Guardian. 1953_Iranian_coup_d'état | |
| Allied invasion of Italy The Allied invasion of Italy, was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on September 3, 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising Mark Clark's U.S. Fifth Army and Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) during World War II. The operation followed the successful invasion of Sicily during the Italian Campaign. Allied_invasion_of_Italy | |
| Operation Baytown Operation Baytown was a part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II on 3 September 1943.The operation consisted of the landing by sea of the British 13th Corps of British 8th Army at Reggio di Calabria. This allowed the Allied forces to get a foothold at the 'toe' of Italy. Operation_Baytown | |
| 3 Commando Brigade 3_Commando_Brigade | |
| Aylmer Hunter-Weston Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO GStJ (23 September 1864 British Army general who served in the First World War. Commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1884 he served on the Indian North West Frontier and took part in the Miranzai Expedition of 1891 and was wounded during the Waziristan Expedition of 1894-95. Aylmer_Hunter-Weston | |
| 6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom) The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne division in the British Army during World War II. It took part in Operation Tonga the airborne landings on the left flank of the invasion beaches in the Normandy Landings. It played a small part in the Battle of the Bulge and was involved in Operation Varsity the Allied assault across the Rhine river. 6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom) | |
| John Bagot Glubb Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, better known as Glubb Pasha (born 16 April 1897, Preston, Lancashire Mayfield, Sussex), was a British soldier best known for leading and training Transjordan's Arab Legion 1939-1956 as its commanding general. During World War I, he served in France. John_Bagot_Glubb | |
| Operation Slapstick Operation Slapstick was a part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II on 9 September 1943.The operation consisted of the landing by sea of the British 1st Airborne Division at Taranto, an important naval base. Since the Italian government had surrendered the previous day and few German forces were in the area the troops were landed directly into the port from warships rather than carrying out an amphibious assault. Operation_Slapstick |
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