1009:') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8 October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 5th (Reserve) Bn at Dover formed the 14th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers on 31 October 1914. It trained for active service as part of 95th Brigade in 32nd Division. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, to provide drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The Royal Fusiliers battalion became
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652:, enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the militia ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
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1082:. The officers' oval shoulder-belt plate of about 1800–03 carried an eight-pointed star, in the centre of which was a Saxon crown above two shields, carrying the arms of Westminster and Middlesex respectively, and the early buttons had this design of crown and shields, with the letters 'R.W.M." between the shields. From 1855 to 1881 the officers' waist-belt plate carried the combined shield surmounted by the bugle horn, within a circle inscribed '3rd or Royal Westminster Militia'.
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571:, colonel of the Montgomeryshire Militia. After a long and widely reported trial, the court found him guilty on seven of the 14 charges laid against him, and ordered him to be cashiered from the service. He was also expelled from Parliament as a result of the scandal (though he returned some years later). Fenton-Cawthorne was replaced as colonel of the regiment by James Clitherow, appointed on 25 July 1796.
541:, was later accused of withholding the 'Marching Guineas' he had received from the paymaster to the forces – the sum of 21 shillings to be paid through the company commanders to every militiaman on embodiment for his clothing and kit other than the basic uniform. The men complained to higher authority, and when the regiment was part of the force camped at
377:(who was the son of a Lord Mayor of London). In times of national emergency when the king was absent from London (for example in 1682), Craven was made lieutenant-general of all the forces in London and Westminster. During the Popish Plot crisis in 1678, the militia were mobilised to guard London, Westminster, Southwark and the suburbs.
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47 places but the three
Middlesex regiments raised in 1760 were included in the second group (1763–83), presumably because they were not actually embodied until 1778. The Royal Westminster Militia became 55th. The regimental number was only a subsidiary title and most regiments paid little attention to it.
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in March 1802 and all the militia were stood down. However, the Peace of Amiens was shortlived and the regiments, whose training commitment had been increased from 21 to 28 days a year, were called out again in 1803. In 1804 the
Middlesex Militia were awarded the prefix 'Royal', the regiment becoming
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Middlesex was one of the 'black spots' for militia recruitment. In a fresh attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, the
Government created the Supplementary Militia, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, to be incorporated
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in the summer of 1795 he was found to be submitting 'false musters' (including on the roll the names of men who were not in the regiment, in order to pocket their pay). He was also found to have submitted the names of under-age boys to the county lieutenancy for commissions as ensigns; the boys were
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The militia order of precedence for the
Napoleonic War remained in force until 1833. In that year the King drew the lots for individual regiments and the resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1763 took the first
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in
December 1899, most of the Regular Army was sent to South Africa, and many militia units were embodied to replace them for home defence and to garrison certain overseas stations. The 5th Royal Fusiliers was embodied from 18 December 1899 to16 October 1900. It was embodied again on 6 May 1901 and
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from
December 1875. This assigned Regular and Militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The Royal Westminsters together with the 1st Royal East and
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October, the camp commander, Maj-Gen Francis Lascelles, was ordered to investigate. Cawthorne was ordered to pay the money he had received, but did nothing. He was also accused of taking money (usually £10) from balloted men in order to find substitutes, but paying a smaller bounty to the men he
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Claiming insufficient numbers of qualified officers, Newcastle suspended the execution of the Act in
Middlesex for two years. However, opinion in the county shifted and in July 1760, the lieutenancy began forming three regiments (Eastern, Western and Westminster) and the arms and accoutrements were
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Until at least 1722 the
Westminster Militia was known as the Red Regiment – as the Westminster Trained Bands had been – from the colour of its company flags. In 1722–28 the Westminster Troop of Horse Militia wore buff coats and was mounted on black or brown horses. When they were embodied in 1778
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During the late 1890s several regiments recruiting from large conurbations, including the Royal
Fusiliers in London and its suburbs, were increased from two to four regular battalions. The regiment was ordered to raise two additional battalions (numbered 3rd and 4th) in April 1898, and as a result
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ended the war in 1783, but the militia had already been disembodied in 1782. From 1784 to 1792 the militia were assembled for their 28 days' annual peacetime training, but to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually mustered each year. By 1788, Thomas Sockwell had 30 years' service with
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on 7 and 12 August However, by then the war was going in Britain's favour and the threat of invasion had lifted: no further militia were required, and the Middlesex regiments were not actually embodied before the war ended in 1762. Parliament did however provide the money to continue training the
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were to be provided to each regiment from the Regular Army, and arms and accoutrements would be supplied when the county had secured 60 per cent of its quota of recruits. Middlesex was given a quota of 1600 men to raise, but failed to do so – possibly because the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, the
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a series of Militia Acts from 1757 re-established county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. An
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Two sources give 1797 as the date for the formation of the 3rd Middlesex or Westminster Militia: described as 'completed for service' and 'raised at Brentford' in that year, These are followed by secondary sources, but seem to be an error for the first embodiment of the regiment in
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The order balloted for at the start of the French Revolutionary War in 1793 remained in force throughout the war. Middlesex's precedence of 22nd applied to all three regiments. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the Napoleonic War: Middlesex was 20th.
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It is incorrect to describe the British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
692:, the militia began to be called out for home defence. The Royal Westminsters were embodied on 6 February 1855 and the regiment was initially stationed at Turnham Green, moving to Plymouth by beginning of July It then volunteered for garrison duty overseas and was sent to
485:. On mobilisation the inspecting general reported that the officers of the Westminsters were few and poor. In 1779 they were described as 'mostly old and apparently ignorant: during parade they fell to the rear and left it to the sergeants to give orders'.
970:, where it remained for the whole war in the Dover Garrison. As well as its defensive duties, its role was to equip the Reservists and Special Reservists of the Royal Fusiliers and send them as reinforcement drafts to the Regular battalions serving on the
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in the Militia in emergency and to keep up the numbers. Middlesex's 's quota was fixed at 5820 men, the suburban subdivisions of Westminster, Holborn and Finsbury providing 4987. But in 1799 the Westminster Regiment was 745 men short of it establishment.
636:, the regiments were rarely assembled for training and the permanent staffs of sergeants and drummers were progressively reduced. In 1840 the Royal Westminsters were still commanded by Col Clitherow, with Regimental Headquarters (HQ) at Brentford.
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the 5th Royal Fusiliers mobilised on 4 August 1914 at Hounslow under Lt-Col Vivian Henry, a retired regular major, who had commanded the battalion since 4 May 1908. Within a few days it proceeded (with the 6th (Reserve) Bn) to its war station at
522:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
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in England. Although the militia obligation was universal, it was clearly impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, so after 1572 the practice was to select only a proportion of men for the, who were mustered for regular drills.
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Westminster and the suburban parishes of Middlesex were included within the defences dug round London, and from 1643 their Trained Bands came under the London Militia Committee rather than the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. The
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where it took over all blockhouses from Bloomspruit Bridge to a mile south of Ventersburg.On 7 January 1902 a detachment went to do duty at Eengevonden, and on 16 February a larger detachment occupied the blockhouses near the
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In September 1871 the British Army held Autumn Manoeuvres for the first time. 3rd Division was made up of militia regiments, the Royal Westminsters under the command of Lt-Col Terry serving in 3rd Brigade along with the
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the 5th Bn remained in existence until half its remaining personnel were drafted to 3rd Bn on 27 October 1919. The battalion was then disembodied on 15 November 1919, when the remaining half were drafted to 1st Bn.
481:, when the country was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain. The three regiments of Middlesex Militia were embodied for the first time on 31 March 1778, the Westminsters mustered at
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had died. At their 1791 muster the Westminsters were described as 'the refuse of London' and 'little books' of seditious literature were circulating among them, while the officers were little better than the men.
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Thereafter the militia regiments were called out for their annual training. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
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under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. This was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with the
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Under Army Order 251 of 1910, the Special Reserve were to bear the same battle honours as their parent regiments, so the Mediterranean honour, which was peculiar to militia units, was extinguished.
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Legislation passed in 1798 and 1811 permitted English militia regiments to serve in Ireland for two years, During the French wars, the Westminster Militia served in England, Ireland, Scotland and
944:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for Regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. The battalion became the
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Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
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The battalion arrived in South Africa on 27 June under the command of Col H.B. Weatherall with a strength of 24 officers, one warrant officer and 594 other ranks. It was quartered near
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became the 4th Bn and the 4th Middlesex Militia became the 5th Bn). At the same time the Royal Fusiliers took the subtitle 'City of London Regiment' Militia battalions now had a large
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for about 8 miles (13 km) of the railway running north from the town, and some of the local defences. On 21 August the battalion was moved about 30 miles (48 km) south to
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The battalion was disembodied on 26 July 1902. During this service it lost two officers and 24 other ranks killed in action or died of disease. It was awarded the Battle Honour
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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
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in September 1915 and returned to Dover in March 1916. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and it was redesignated
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in 1713, the London Trained Bands remained fully active, and the Westminster units continued to appear at least as late as 1728 (the colonel in 1722 was Robert Gardiner).
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632:. Thereafter there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held during the long peace after the
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During the War of American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year. For the Middlesex Militia the positions were:
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia battalions the 5th Royal Fusiliers remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of
321:(LTBs), and like the City of London regiments raised an Auxiliary regiment to share the duties. The two Westminster regiments saw action during the cvil war at the
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The existing militia regiments were reorganised, with most of the old officers and permanent staff pensioned off and replaced, and annual training was resumed.
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all the regiments of the Middlesex Militia had blue facings (usually associated with 'Royal' regiments), long before the 'Royal' title was conferred in 1804.
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A Copy of the Proceedings of a Court Martial Holden for the Trial of John Fenton Cawthorne, Esq; Colonel of the Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia
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C.A. Linney-Drouet (ed), 'British Military Dress from Contemporary Newspapers, 1682–1799: Extracts from the Notebook of the Late Revd Percy Sumner',
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Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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978:). The reserve battalions at times were each over 4000 strong. By June 1915, the 5th Bn alone had sent 80 officers and about 3000 men to the front.
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actually enlisted (some of whom had already deserted from the regiment before) and pocketing the difference. At the following summer's camp, at
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in 1794, he forced men to pay for replacement clothing they did not need. The men complained again in September, and by November Gen
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Brentford was in south Middlesex, several miles west of Westminster; the regiment was never again based in Westminster itself.
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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, with the militia formally joining their linked regiments and the regiment became the
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issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
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of permanent staff (about 30). Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the Regular Army.
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in time of war. Between 1877 and 1880 the Royal Westminsters moved their HQ from Turnham Green to the brigade depot at
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for a projected invasion, the Westminsters, with 883 men in 10 companies under Lt-Col William Allen, were stationed at
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too young to do duty, and again Cawthorne was accused of pocketing the pay and allowances. He was brought before a
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and Lt-Gen Lascelles again ordered Cawthorne to pay the Marching Guineas, without effect. While in camp near
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of Middlesex; after it became Light Infantry in 1853 the shield was surmounted by a
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and Volunteers) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by the
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the Westminster Regiment and had risen to the rank of
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on 31 May, and on 19 June Battalion HQ entrained for
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1953
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640:took over the colonelcy on 6 December 1841.
510:The militia was already being embodied when
450:All over the land they'll find such a stand,
380:Middlesex had three regiments including the
2709:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
2671:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
2591:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
2103:
2101:
1967:
1965:
1367:
1365:
989:
826:of the Royal Fusiliers on 1 July 1881 (the
782:rather than their county lords lieutenant.
585:Royal Westminster, or 3rd Middlesex Militia
452:From our English Militia Men ready at hand,
424:Under threat of French invasion during the
3360:Military units and formations in Middlesex
2746:
2732:
2573:, PhD thesis, King's College London, 1982.
2521:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
1853:Fenton Cawthorne at History of Parliament.
1577:
1444:
1052:
1025:in May 1915. It moved with the brigade to
956:
696:by October. There it was stationed at the
204:, was an auxiliary regiment raised in the
34:3rd or Royal Westminster Middlesex Militia
2379:
2377:
2375:
1916:
1914:
1912:
1910:
1889:
1887:
1752:
1750:
1748:
1746:
1744:
1742:
1740:
1738:
1661:
1659:
1657:
1655:
1653:
1651:
1649:
1647:
1645:
1602:
1556:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299–302, 521.
1541:
1539:
1537:
1489:
1487:
1485:
1430:
940:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
847:5th (Royal Westminster Militia) Battalion
824:3rd (Royal Westminster Militia) Battalion
456:While an old fiddlestick has the command
369:was always a professional soldier, first
132:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
55:
2334:
2332:
2310:
2308:
2098:
2037:
2035:
2033:
2031:
1962:
1779:
1736:
1734:
1732:
1730:
1728:
1726:
1724:
1722:
1720:
1718:
1362:
1057:
946:5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
809:
506:French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
202:5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
3365:Military units and formations in London
2029:
2027:
2025:
2023:
2021:
2019:
2017:
2015:
2013:
2011:
1866:
1757:3rd Middlesex Militia at Regiments.org.
1708:
1706:
1704:
1702:
1229:The regiment was awarded the following
1072:coat of arms of the City of Westminster
14:
3347:
2531:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905.
2372:
1907:
1884:
1700:
1698:
1696:
1694:
1692:
1690:
1688:
1686:
1684:
1682:
1642:
1534:
1482:
902:until it embarked for home on 4 July.
340:
2727:
2368:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
2329:
2322:
2320:
2305:
1715:
1278:Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Militia
794:. The brigade would have mustered at
673:, moving to Turnham Green from 1855.
297:mustered a company consisting of 150
2580:The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War
2339:Royal Fusiliers at Long, Long Trail.
2008:
2675:
1767:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 173–4, 295.
1679:
1470:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 195–6, 294–5.
772:40th (Central London Rifle Rangers)
768:9th (Marylebone and West Middlesex)
749:
371:George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
32:Red Regiment of Westminster Militia
24:
2317:
1194:Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher
916:
909:and the participants received the
890:Station. The war was ended by the
866:volunteered for overseas service.
852:
805:
402:Westminster Troop of Horse Militia
25:
3396:
2642:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
1224:
2699:– The BCW Project (archive site)
2571:The Militia of London, 1641–1649
1821:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
1359:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 5, 12, 16.
1184:George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan
724:George Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea
590:During the summer of 1805, when
266:
212:, which were on duty during the
102:
84:
71:
57:
2419:
2408:
2397:
2388:
2361:
2358:James, Appendices II & III.
2352:
2343:
2292:
2283:
2270:
2261:
2248:
2234:
2221:
2212:
2203:
2190:
2181:
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2137:
2128:
2119:
2110:
2084:
2070:
2056:
2047:
1996:
1983:
1974:
1953:
1941:
1932:
1923:
1896:
1875:
1857:
1846:
1837:
1824:
1815:
1806:
1797:
1788:
1770:
1761:
1670:
1593:
1568:
1559:
1550:
1523:
1514:
1505:
1496:
1473:
1464:
1455:
1421:
1325:
1315:
1175:Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan
1162:Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan
648:The Militia was revived by the
643:
419:
186:Henry Cadogan, 4th Earl Cadogan
2718:– Regiments.org (archive site)
2627:The Army and Society 1815–1914
2404:Militia 1850 at Regiments.org.
1794:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1.
1590:Western, Appendices A & B.
1412:
1403:
1392:
1383:
1374:
1353:
1344:
1305:
951:
700:, and later on the island of
683:
384:. In 1697 it was commanded by
13:
1:
3375:Militia of the United Kingdom
2431:
1273:Royal South Middlesex Militia
1088:
877:with detachments manning the
623:
235:
2704:History of Parliament Online
2500:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
2470:, London: Marcus Ward, 1877.
1418:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 195–6.
1298:
1268:Royal West Middlesex Militia
1263:Royal East Middlesex Militia
1215:Royal Fusiliers War Memorial
722:, but by now his eldest son
669:By now Regimental HQ was at
479:War of American Independence
473:War of American Independence
367:Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex
315:Westminster Liberty Regiment
7:
2267:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1380:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6, 60–1.
1251:
1208:
1121:
814:Royal Fusiliers' cap badge.
606:as part of a brigade under
408:Anthony Rowe (actually two
382:Red Regiment of Westminster
347:Restoration of the Monarchy
10:
3401:
2629:, London: Longmans, 1980,
2582:, London: Heinemann, 1922.
2523:(various dates from 1840).
1881:Western, pp. 220–3, 281–2.
1204:, appointed 18 August 1908
1040:
993:
927:Secretary of State for War
911:Queen's South Africa Medal
270:
239:
3262:
3226:
3205:
2989:
2982:
2955:
2880:
2844:
2768:
2761:
2755:British Militia Regiments
2537:British Regiments 1914–18
2349:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
2326:O'Neil, pp. 2–3, 8–9, 13.
2218:Grierson, 84–5, 113, 120.
1599:Western, pp. 125, 159–60.
1164:appointed 6 December 1841
998:, raised in World War II.
516:French Revolutionary Wars
273:Westminster Trained Bands
210:Westminster Trained Bands
198:Royal Westminster Militia
174:
169:
159:
137:
127:
117:
98:
51:
43:
36:5th (Reserve) Battalion,
31:
2527:Col George Jackson Hay,
2498:James Moncrieff Grierson
2478:, London: Methuen, 1938.
2394:Davis, pp. 214–7, 252–6.
1338:
1288:Militia (United Kingdom)
1126:The following served as
1031:31st Training Reserve Bn
1011:14th (Reserve) Battalion
994:Not to be confused with
990:14th (Reserve) Battalion
936:Under the more sweeping
883:Ventersburg Road Station
732:3rd Royal Surrey Militia
444:Leader of the Opposition
79:Kingdom of Great Britain
3254:Forfar & Kincardine
2867:Forfar & Kincardine
1128:Colonel of the Regiment
1053:Heritage and ceremonial
957:5th (Reserve) Battalion
857:After the disasters of
726:was one of the majors.
578:The war ended with the
295:St Martin-in-the-Fields
1776:Western, pp. 408, 422.
983:Armistice with Germany
815:
458:
291:St Giles-in-the-Fields
252:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
1639:Frederick, pp. 284–9.
1153:John Fenton-Cawthorne
1149:Robert Gardiner, 1722
1106:30th on 28 April 1781
1058:Uniforms and insignia
1017:and moved with it to
892:Treaty of Vereeniging
813:
736:Tower Hamlets Militia
604:Norman Cross Barracks
535:John Fenton-Cawthorne
448:
365:Under Charles II the
323:Siege of Basing House
281:was in the county of
182:John Fenton-Cawthorne
2689:The Long, Long Trail
2569:Lawson Chase Nagel,
2474:Col John K. Dunlop,
2244:, 22 September 1885.
1843:Western, pp. 344–54.
1676:Western, pp. 189–94.
1243:South Africa 1900–02
948:, on 9 August 1908.
907:South Africa 1901–02
861:at the start of the
828:Royal London Militia
760:Volunteer battalions
539:Member of Parliament
512:Revolutionary France
319:London Trained Bands
2229:Late Victorian Army
2198:Late Victorian Army
2176:Late Victorian Army
2158:Late Victorian Army
1980:Grierson, pp. 27–8.
1493:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
1100:28th on 12 May 1779
1015:7th Reserve Brigade
961:On the outbreak of
358:that had supported
341:Restoration Militia
325:and the battles of
279:City of Westminster
206:City of Westminster
2640:Edward M. Spiers,
2625:Edward M. Spiers,
2481:J.B.M. Frederick,
2300:Army & Society
2289:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
2278:Army & Society
2209:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
2145:Army & Society
2125:Davis, pp. 288–91.
2053:Frederick, p. 164.
1991:Army & Society
1959:Davis, pp. 219–21.
1929:Davis, pp. 205–18.
1520:Hay, pp. 123, 136.
1371:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1109:14th on 7 May 1782
1097:6th on 1 June 1778
816:
634:Battle of Waterloo
499:lieutenant-colonel
464:supplied from the
375:1st Earl of Craven
3355:Middlesex Militia
3342:
3341:
3338:
3337:
3234:Argyll & Bute
2990:England and Wales
2978:
2977:
2963:England and Wales
2951:
2950:
2852:Argyll & Bute
2769:England and Wales
2665:978-1-84574-207-2
2620:978-1-84342-410-9
2545:978-1-84342-197-9
2535:Brig E.A. James,
2466:Capt John Davis,
2415:IWM WMR Ref 2125.
2280:, pp. 243–2, 254.
2134:Davis, pp. 291–4.
2094:, 2 October 1855.
2092:Edinburgh Gazette
2078:Edinburgh Gazette
2064:Edinburgh Gazette
1971:Dunlop, pp. 42–5.
1461:Davis, pp. 43–61.
1409:Davis, pp. 43–61.
1389:Holmes, pp. 90–1.
1258:Middlesex Militia
1169:Honorary Colonels
1144:Hon Philip Howard
1103:7th on 6 May 1780
875:Orange Free State
630:Waterloo Campaign
608:Brigadier-General
594:was massing his '
440:Duke of Newcastle
390:Hon Philip Howard
310:English Civil War
242:Middlesex Militia
222:Middlesex Militia
218:English Civil War
191:
190:
47:1662–1 April 1953
16:(Redirected from
3392:
2987:
2986:
2960:
2959:
2923:Londonderry (II)
2766:
2765:
2748:
2741:
2734:
2725:
2724:
2676:External sources
2667:.* J.R. Western
2448:978-1-27549380-3
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2256:Army and Society
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2210:
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2188:
2187:Grierson, p. 33.
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2161:
2160:, pp. 4, 15, 19.
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2148:
2141:
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2126:
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2117:
2116:Grierson, p. 29.
2114:
2108:
2105:
2096:
2088:
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2074:
2068:
2060:
2054:
2051:
2045:
2044:, various dates.
2039:
2006:
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1994:
1987:
1981:
1978:
1972:
1969:
1960:
1957:
1951:
1945:
1939:
1936:
1930:
1927:
1921:
1918:
1905:
1900:
1894:
1891:
1882:
1879:
1873:
1872:Hay, pp. 150–52.
1870:
1864:
1861:
1855:
1850:
1844:
1841:
1835:
1828:
1822:
1819:
1813:
1812:Western, p. 427.
1810:
1804:
1803:Western, p. 312.
1801:
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1600:
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1591:
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1575:
1574:Western, p. 251.
1572:
1566:
1565:Hay, pp. 136–44.
1563:
1557:
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1548:
1543:
1532:
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1428:
1427:Hay, pp. 99–104.
1425:
1419:
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1387:
1381:
1378:
1372:
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1351:
1350:Davis, pp. 1–12.
1348:
1332:
1329:
1323:
1319:
1313:
1309:
1155:, cashiered 1796
1132:Honorary Colonel
1007:Kitchener's Army
931:St John Brodrick
820:Childers Reforms
756:Cardwell Reforms
750:Cardwell reforms
720:Honorary Colonel
650:Militia Act 1852
638:Viscount Chelsea
580:Treaty of Amiens
552:Sir William Howe
426:Seven Years' War
414:Peace of Utrecht
351:Militia Act 1661
256:Lords Lieutenant
106:
90:
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3222:
3206:Channel Islands
3201:
3132:Nottinghamshire
3112:Montgomeryshire
3077:North Hampshire
3072:Gloucestershire
3032:Caernarvonshire
3027:Carmarthenshire
3012:Buckinghamshire
2974:
2947:
2918:Londonderry (I)
2876:
2840:
2757:
2752:
2722:
2678:
2610:Arthur Sleigh,
2595:Keith Roberts,
2453:Maj A.F. Becke,
2434:
2429:
2425:Leslie, p. xii.
2424:
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2413:
2409:
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2071:
2066:, 3 April 1855.
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2009:
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1988:
1984:
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1975:
1970:
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1716:
1712:Hay, pp. 256–7.
1711:
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1515:
1511:Western, p. 80.
1510:
1506:
1502:Western, p. 38.
1501:
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1492:
1483:
1479:Hay, pp. 104–6.
1478:
1474:
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1310:
1306:
1301:
1293:Special Reserve
1283:Royal Fusiliers
1254:
1227:
1211:
1124:
1091:
1060:
1055:
1043:
1027:Shoreham-by-Sea
999:
992:
959:
954:
942:Special Reserve
938:Haldane Reforms
919:
917:Special Reserve
863:Second Boer War
855:
853:Second Boer War
808:
806:Royal Fusiliers
764:Royal Fusiliers
752:
744:Chobham Commons
686:
646:
626:
611:Nicholas Nepean
596:Army of England
508:
475:
466:Tower of London
455:
453:
451:
435:drill sergeants
422:
343:
275:
269:
244:
238:
226:Royal Fusiliers
214:Armada campaign
194:
184:
176:
164:Second Boer War
152:
148:
144:
112:Special Reserve
85:
83:
82:
72:
70:
69:
58:
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38:Royal Fusiliers
35:
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
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5:
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3317:
3312:
3310:Queen's County
3307:
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3187:Worcestershire
3184:
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3174:
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3159:
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3149:
3144:
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3134:
3129:
3127:Northumberland
3124:
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3107:Merionethshire
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3017:Cambridgeshire
3014:
3009:
3007:Brecknockshire
3004:
2999:
2993:
2991:
2984:
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2720:
2711:
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2701:
2692:
2684:
2682:Anglo-Boer War
2677:
2674:
2673:
2672:
2653:
2638:
2623:
2608:
2593:
2584:
2578:H.C. O’Neill,
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2231:, pp. 97, 102.
2220:
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2180:
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2127:
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2107:Leslie, p. 52.
2097:
2083:
2080:, 3 July 1855.
2069:
2055:
2046:
2007:
1995:
1982:
1973:
1961:
1952:
1940:
1931:
1922:
1920:Sleigh, p. 95.
1906:
1895:
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1865:
1863:WO, 1805 List.
1856:
1845:
1836:
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1814:
1805:
1796:
1787:
1785:Davis, p. 112.
1778:
1769:
1760:
1714:
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1669:
1641:
1601:
1592:
1576:
1567:
1558:
1549:
1546:Linney-Drouet.
1533:
1530:JHL & ACW.
1522:
1513:
1504:
1495:
1481:
1472:
1463:
1454:
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1420:
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1300:
1297:
1296:
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1290:
1285:
1280:
1275:
1270:
1265:
1260:
1253:
1250:
1246:
1245:
1240:
1231:Battle Honours
1226:
1225:Battle honours
1223:
1210:
1207:
1206:
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1191:
1181:
1178:
1166:
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1150:
1147:
1123:
1120:
1111:
1110:
1107:
1104:
1101:
1098:
1090:
1087:
1074:and the three
1059:
1056:
1054:
1051:
1042:
1039:
1035:Clipstone Camp
1003:Lord Kitchener
991:
988:
958:
955:
953:
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918:
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839:Panjdeh Crisis
807:
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748:
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664:
663:
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657:
645:
642:
625:
622:
507:
504:
490:Peace of Paris
474:
471:
421:
418:
356:New Model Army
342:
339:
335:Second Newbury
331:Cropredy Bidge
271:Main article:
268:
265:
260:county militia
240:Main article:
237:
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192:
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2693:
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2018:
2016:
2014:
2012:
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1999:
1992:
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1977:
1968:
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1956:
1949:
1944:
1935:
1926:
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1832:Court Martial
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1236:
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972:Western Front
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706:Battle Honour
703:
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587:on 23 April.
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566:
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561:Court-martial
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287:Armada crisis
284:
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277:Although the
274:
267:Trained Bands
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193:Military unit
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150:Turnham Green
147:
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3239:Berwickshire
3042:Denbighshire
2997:Bedfordshire
2715:
2714:T.F. Mills,
2696:
2688:
2668:
2656:
2655:War Office,
2641:
2626:
2611:
2596:
2588:
2579:
2570:
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2475:
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2390:
2363:
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2345:
2302:, pp. 275–7.
2299:
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2255:
2250:
2241:
2236:
2228:
2223:
2214:
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2192:
2183:
2178:, pp. 126–7.
2175:
2157:
2152:
2147:, pp. 195–6.
2144:
2139:
2130:
2121:
2112:
2091:
2086:
2077:
2072:
2063:
2058:
2049:
2041:
2002:
1998:
1990:
1985:
1976:
1955:
1947:
1943:
1938:Hay, p. 154.
1934:
1925:
1898:
1893:Hay, p. 148.
1877:
1868:
1859:
1848:
1839:
1831:
1826:
1817:
1808:
1799:
1790:
1781:
1772:
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1394:
1385:
1376:
1355:
1346:
1327:
1317:
1307:
1247:
1242:
1237:
1228:
1219:High Holborn
1212:
1168:
1167:
1137:
1136:
1125:
1116:
1112:
1092:
1084:
1076:Saxon Seaxes
1065:
1061:
1047:World War II
1044:
1030:
1010:
1000:
980:
975:
960:
945:
935:
920:
906:
904:
868:
856:
846:
843:
836:
823:
817:
786:
784:
753:
734:and the 1st
728:
717:
713:
708:
687:
677:
675:
668:
665:
647:
644:1852 reforms
627:
615:
589:
584:
577:
573:
565:Horse Guards
532:
526:and mounted
509:
487:
476:
462:
459:
449:
423:
420:1757 reforms
401:
381:
379:
373:, later the
364:
344:
314:
307:
276:
245:
201:
200:, later the
197:
195:
128:Part of
26:
3295:Londonderry
3147:Radnorshire
3137:Oxfordshire
3122:Northampton
1993:, pp. 91–2.
1312:enlistment.
963:World War I
952:World War I
900:Green Point
879:blockhouses
684:Crimean War
671:Hammersmith
398:Westminster
308:During the
230:World War I
160:Engagements
142:Westminster
138:Garrison/HQ
94:(1801–1953)
81:(1707–1800)
3349:Categories
3197:North York
3092:Lancashire
3062:Flintshire
2938:Mid-Ulster
2872:Haddington
2806:Lancashire
2781:Carmarthen
2432:References
1221:, London.
1130:or as its
1089:Precedence
1080:bugle-horn
1068:Portcullis
981:After the
859:Black Week
780:War Office
624:Long peace
524:Volunteers
345:After the
303:calivermen
248:Shire levy
236:Background
177:commanders
170:Commanders
3325:Westmeath
3315:Tipperary
3280:Fermanagh
3244:Edinburgh
3192:East York
3182:Wiltshire
3102:Middlesex
3067:Glamorgan
3002:Berkshire
2956:Engineers
2928:Tipperary
2857:Edinburgh
2836:Yorkshire
2796:Glamorgan
2762:Artillery
2517:H.G. Hart
2258:, p. 239.
2042:Army List
1299:Footnotes
1070:from the
976:see below
896:Cape Town
888:Vet River
871:Kroonstad
796:Maidstone
792:III Corps
787:Army List
483:Brentford
392:, former
283:Middlesex
146:Brentford
68:1662–1707
3300:Longford
3227:Scotland
3213:Guernsey
3157:Somerset
3037:Cheshire
2983:Infantry
2845:Scotland
2821:Pembroke
2776:Cardigan
2298:Spiers,
2276:Spiers,
2254:Spiers,
2227:Spiers,
2200:, p. 32.
2196:Spiers,
2174:Spiers,
2156:Spiers,
2143:Spiers,
1989:Spiers,
1252:See also
1209:Memorial
1138:Colonels
1122:Colonels
1019:Purfleet
923:Yeomanry
800:Hounslow
740:Frensham
600:Boulogne
592:Napoleon
543:Brighton
528:Yeomanry
431:adjutant
360:Cromwell
301:and 300
154:Hounslow
122:Infantry
3330:Wicklow
3290:Leitrim
3275:Donegal
3263:Ireland
3167:Suffolk
3152:Rutland
3117:Norfolk
2943:Wicklow
2903:Donegal
2881:Ireland
2826:Suffolk
2811:Norfolk
2515:Lt-Col
2496:Lt-Col
2384:Baldry.
1950:, 1840.
1666:Parkyn.
1399:Leslie.
1041:Postwar
873:in the
698:Citadel
406:Captain
386:Colonel
299:pikemen
228:during
175:Notable
108:Militia
65:England
52:Country
3320:Tyrone
3218:Jersey
3177:Sussex
3172:Surrey
3097:London
3057:Durham
3052:Dorset
2933:Tyrone
2913:Galway
2908:Dublin
2893:Armagh
2888:Antrim
2831:Sussex
2791:Durham
2663:
2648:
2633:
2618:
2603:
2543:
2508:
2489:
2446:
2438:Anon,
2003:Hart's
1903:Brown.
1830:Anon,
1001:After
690:Crimea
618:Jersey
442:, was
410:Troops
404:under
99:Branch
89:
76:
62:
44:Active
3305:Meath
3270:Clare
3047:Devon
2898:Clare
2786:Devon
1948:Harts
1339:Notes
1322:1778.
1023:Essex
968:Dover
832:cadre
694:Corfu
598:' at
556:Hythe
495:major
327:Alton
3249:Fife
3087:Kent
2862:Fife
2801:Kent
2661:ISBN
2646:ISBN
2631:ISBN
2616:ISBN
2601:ISBN
2541:ISBN
2506:ISBN
2487:ISBN
2444:ISBN
1202:GCVO
1146:1697
818:The
776:46th
774:and
742:and
702:Vido
583:the
548:Lydd
488:The
433:and
396:for
388:the
333:and
293:and
196:The
180:Col
118:Type
1217:in
1198:GCB
1021:in
1013:in
563:at
3351::
2519:,
2374:^
2331:^
2319:^
2307:^
2165:^
2100:^
2010:^
1964:^
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