718:, in which the Fifeshire was 34th. Although most militia regiments paid little attention to this number, the Fifeshires incorporated the '34' into the design of their buttons. This order of precedence remained in force until 1833. In that year the King drew the lots and the resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1783 took the first 69 places, those from the French Wars followed, with Fifeshire being allocated 78th. For a short while after converting to artillery it retained its infantry precedence of 78th, changing to 12th in the artillery militia in September 1855.
42:
381:
396:, 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 service in three circumstances:
55:
73:
769:
in 1878, the Fife
Artillery was one of the few units to have a special helmet plate. In this version the crown above the Royal Arms of the white metal plate was replaced by the Thane of Fife surmounted by the 'VIRTUTE ET OPERA' scroll in gilt. The gun beneath the Royal Arms was above a scroll bearing
713:
During the later 18th century the order of precedence for
British militia regiments was decided by ballot at the start of each campaigning season. However, The order balloted for at the start of the French Revolutionary War in 1793 remained in force throughout the war. The 10 Scottish regiments raise
761:
into use, the plume holder was a flaming grenade, on the ball of which was a crowned circlet carrying the Earl of Fife's secondary motto 'VIRTUTE ET OPERA' ('Courage and Effort') with the Thane of Fife in the centre, the circlet being surrounded by a wreath of thistles. Beneath the wreath was the
541:
into 11 new territorial divisions. These divisions were purely administrative and recruiting organisations, not field formations. Most were formed within the existing military districts into which the United
Kingdom was divided, and for the first time associated the artillery militia with the
246:
passed an Act introducing the militia ballot in
Scotland. This measure was unpopular and there were anti-ballot riots in the west of the country, but volunteers and paid substitutes were accepted. Ten regiments of Scottish militia were raised in 1798 under the 1797 Act, including the
826:
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
277:), 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
363:. Lord lieutenants continued to commission officers into the disembodied regiments: both the colonel of the Fifeshire Militia (James Lindsay, appointed in 1835) and his lieutenant-colonel (John Balfour, appointed in 1843) had served in the
620:
on 30 August 1908, all these units were scrapped in 1909, the Fife
Artillery disbanding on 31 October. Instead the men of the RFA Special Reserve would form Brigade Ammunition Columns for the Regular RFA brigades on the outbreak of war.
612:, a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for Regular units serving overseas in wartime. Although the majority of the officers and men of the Fife RGA (M) accepted transfer to the Special Reserve
1448:
542:
regulars. The regular batteries formed the first brigade, in each division, followed by the militia units in order of precedence. As the third-ranking among
Scottish artillery militia, the Fife Artillery became the
449:(usually referred to simply as the Fife Artillery). All the officers and most of the other ranks transferred to the new unit. The unit's headquarters remained at Cupar. The Hon Colonel (John Balfour, late of the
194:
passed an Act in 1661, ratified in 1663, creating a militia of 20,000 infantry and 2000 horse, available for Crown service anywhere in
Scotland, England or Ireland. These troops were called out in 1689 after the
757:' ('No man provokes me with impunity') beneath the Thane was obscured by the gun; a third scroll at the bottom of the star was inscribed 'FIFESHIRE ARTILLERY'. When the unit took the RA's brown fur
2230:
175:
was long established in
Scotland: all men aged from 16 to 60 were obliged to serve for a maximum of 40 days in any one year if required, and their arms and equipment were inspected at regular
343:
the militia were allowed to decline, and were rarely called out for annual training. The militia ballot was not employed after 1831. The regiments were kept in being by a small and declining
2220:
807:
797:
426:
836:
In contemporary RA terminology, a 'brigade' was a group of independent batteries grouped together for administrative rather than tactical purposes, the officer in command being usually a
2079:
1712:
1441:
1586:
574:
778:, the whole surrounded by a wreath. However, the unique helmet plate was replaced in 1882 by a standard Scottish Division plate with 'FIFE ARTILLERY' in the lower scroll.
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after that had their own order of precedence, in which the
Fifeshire was 5th. On the renewal of war in 1803 a new ballot was held for all the militia regiments in the
2210:
1697:
1385:
1080:
650:
293:
1852:
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and a captain in the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry. The adjutant and quartermaster were both former RA. The unit was disembodied in May 1856 at the end of the war.
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from December 1875. This assigned places in an order of battle of the 'Garrison Army' to artillery militia units: the Fife Artillery's war station was in the
2084:
745:) above the RA 'gun' badge, both superimposed on a gilt eight-pointed star with rays. Across the top of the star there was a scroll inscribed with the
1386:
Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2225:
2115:
1967:
1013:
774:
badge of the same period had the Thane of Fife within a strap with the 'VIRTUTE ET OPERA' motto, above which was a crown surmounted by the Scottish
461:
1897:
2205:
594:
273:
the militia were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
2150:
2058:
1399:
484:
RA units for service in India. The Fife Artillery was embodied at Cupar on 25 April 1859 and in May it went to do coastal garrison duty in
2125:
837:
419:
329:
301:
569:(RGA). When the RGA abandoned its divisional structure in 1902 the militia units changed their titles, the Fife Artillery becoming the
1646:
1572:
639:
465:
255:
601:. Some batteries of Militia Artillery were to be converted to field artillery. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out.
1692:
1636:
1520:
222:. However, there were residual fears of Jacobitism in Scotland, so rather than embody the moribund militia, full-time regiments of '
585:
After the Boer War, the future of the militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
429:
units in addition to the traditional infantry regiments. Their role was to man coastal defences and fortifications, relieving the
2120:
1656:
741:
plate had a silver figure of the 'Thane of Fife' (an armoured knight riding a caparisoned horse similar to the cap badge of the
1707:
590:
460:(retired) Charles Robert Wynne, RA) were both appointed on 23 February 1855. Other officers appointed included two unattached
1907:
1671:
1579:
1132:
845:
762:'FIFESHIRE ARTILLERY' scroll above a small gun. The undress cap and waistbelt clasp design were similar but without the gun.
646:
325:
1257:
2094:
1952:
1748:
1554:
802:
179:. In time of war they would be called out by proclamation and by riders galloping through towns and villages bearing the '
1535:
A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom
1508:, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9.
2140:
1847:
1778:
1773:
1758:
1733:
227:
226:' were raised for the duration of the war by means of normal recruitment. Scotland relied on Fencibles again during the
2200:
1676:
500:
during August. It moved back to Devonport in November where it remained until it was disembodied on 1 September 1860.
288:
During its first embodiment the regiment served in Ireland. The militia were called out again in 1803 after the brief
243:
180:
562:
to release regular units for service in South Africa. The Fife Artillery was embodied from 4 May to 12 October 1900.
2195:
1877:
1621:
841:
758:
598:
380:
1783:
1666:
1651:
1537:, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
737:
On conversion the Fife Artillery adopted the blue uniform with red facings of the Royal Artillery. The officers'
609:
266:
316:
for a projected invasion, the regiment with 546 men in 8 companies, under Lt-Col Wemyss, was stationed with the
2037:
1867:
1753:
1661:
1631:
1616:
1476:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
792:
742:
566:
415:
411:
389:
297:
252:
231:
76:
47:
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2022:
1972:
1912:
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787:
754:
278:
208:
200:
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2074:
2053:
2027:
1982:
1947:
1872:
1862:
1857:
1641:
1392:
History of the Edinburgh, or Queen's Regiment Light Infantry Militia (now) Third Battalion The Royal Scots
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191:
187:
2130:
2002:
1922:
1810:
613:
356:
1937:
1882:
1837:
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317:
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during the Crimean War. He became Lt-Col Commandant on 30 April 1873 in succession to Lt-Col Wynne.
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2135:
1987:
1977:
1962:
1917:
1763:
766:
538:
219:
196:
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1902:
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485:
340:
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1942:
1842:
1768:
1743:
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1431:
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333:
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was passed in Scotland and although some militia served in the Government forces against the
1997:
1728:
692:
673:
667:
523:
503:
493:
450:
393:
364:
344:
289:
1027:
730:, and this was retained until the conversion to artillery. About 1820 the officers' silver
2170:
2007:
1992:
1957:
1738:
1530:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999, ISBN 0-7190-2659-8.
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605:
559:
430:
305:
270:
160:
144:
72:
2215:
2017:
2012:
1892:
1542:
The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue 1660–1802
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buttons carried the number '34' with a crown above and 'M' below, all within a circle.
715:
489:
367:. From 1842 to 1895 the regiment used the Old Gaol (built in 1814) at Cupar as its HQ.
352:
199:. Thereafter the militia in Scotland, as in England, was allowed to decline. After the
60:
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2110:
1887:
727:
506:, was appointed as one of the unit's majors on 12 June 1868. A former captain in the
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321:
274:
204:
156:
1927:
1420:, Vol I, 3rd Edn, London: Macmillan,1933/Woking: Shearer, 1986, ISBN 0-946998-01-9.
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746:
481:
511:
442:
148:
1480:
H.G. Parkyn, 'Scottish Militia Regiments 1798–1881: Their Badges and Buttons',
351:
of the Fifeshire Militia from 1833 to 1855 was Capt W. Scott, a veteran of the
211:
there was a reluctance to leave weapons in the hands of those who might rebel.
848:, the ranks usually associated with command of an infantry or cavalry brigade.
771:
172:
1564:
546:. When the Scottish Division was abolished in 1889 the title was altered to
223:
176:
136:
400:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
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531:
348:
313:
309:
282:
140:
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1479:
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919:
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Colonel (|Major-General from 1851) James Lindsay, appointed 11 June 1835
1446:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987
1418:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914
689:
Charles Robert Wynne, late Brevet Major, RA, appointed 23 February 1855
445:, during which it was converted on or after 18 November 1854 into the
749:'s motto 'DEO JUVANTE' ('By God's assistance'); a scroll bearing the
731:
726:
The uniform of the Fifeshire Militia in 1798 was scarlet with yellow
1467:
The Militia Artillery 1852–1909 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
300:
of the regiment, with James Wemyss, another regular officer, as his
218:
were conscripted by ballot, and this was revived in 1757 during the
1496:
Maj I.H. Mackay Scobie, 'The Argyll or Campbell Militia, 1745–6',
1427:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
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670:, appointed 23 February 1855, continued in the role into the 1890s
379:
360:
106:
1462:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, ISBN 978-0-141-03894-0.
565:
In 1899 all coastal artillery units formally became part of the
1568:
1460:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
1444:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
676:, former Lt-Col Commandant appointed 28 August 1898, died 1904
701:
George M. Boothby, late Captain RA, appointed 2 January 1897
695:, late Captain, 3rd Light Dragoons, appointed 30 April 1873
679:
W. Baird, former Lt-Col Commandant, appointed 16 April 1904
403:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
384:
The Old Gaol at Cupar, HQ of the Fifeshire Militia 1842–95.
808:
Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies
798:
Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies
537:
Under General Order 72 of 4 April 1882 the RA grouped its
441:
The Fifeshire Militia was embodied for service during the
1377:
W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
593:) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by
550:. The brigade had six batteries and 26 permanent staff.
251:, ranked 5th out of the 10. It was under the command of
1469:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1987, ISBN 0-9508205-1-2.
476:
Some of the artillery militia were embodied during the
359:. By the 1830s the Regimental Headquarters (HQ) was at
332:'s Brigade of Guards. In 1806 and 1807 it was guarding
1492:, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1999, ISBN 0-85115-746-7.
262:
Colonel in the army while the regiment was embodied.
2231:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1854
558:
Most of the militia was embodied at the time of the
171:
The universal obligation to military service in the
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when it was converted into an artillery unit as the
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
1498:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
1482:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
1379:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
674:
Sir Peter Arthur Halkett of Pitfirrane, 8th Baronet
575:
1st Fifeshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
336:on the invasion-threatened south coast of England.
112:
102:
92:
82:
67:
35:
27:
20:
1474:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
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1144:
1142:
1140:
2221:Military units and formations established in 1798
1506:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List
296:(soon to be a major-general) had been appointed
143:, in 1798. It served in home defence during the
1500:, 1946, Vol 24, No 97 (Spring 1946), pp. 12–29.
651:George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford
1580:
1425:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1407:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
1394:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1882/Bibliolife, nd,
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526:a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
155:. It served in home defence again during the
8:
693:Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane, 8th Baronet
504:Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane, 8th Baronet
406:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
347:of staff and non-commissioned officers. The
1544:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
953:
951:
949:
947:
945:
304:. The regiment served until the end of the
1827:
1800:
1606:
1587:
1573:
1565:
1484:, Vol 26, No 106 (Summer 1948), pp. 49–56.
1436:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
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1158:
1063:
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1049:
1047:
1023:
1021:
629:Commanders of the Fife Militia included:
608:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1381:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
1258:Black Watch Regimental Museum catalogue.
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1108:
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819:
571:Fife Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia)
355:and the Waterloo who had served in the
464:to be majors, a former captain in the
17:
2211:Military units and formations in Fife
548:Fife Artillery (Southern Division) RA
312:was massing his 'Army of England' at
7:
135:was an auxiliary regiment raised in
1702:
1247:, 3 May 1859 and subsequent months.
1014:Fifeshire Militia at Regiments.org.
765:When the RA adopted the blue cloth
930:Dudgeon, pp. 6, 22–3. Appendix III
640:James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
618:Fife Royal Field Reserve Artillery
544:4th Brigade, Scottish Division, RA
308:. During the summer of 1805, when
256:James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
14:
1528:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
1041:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
71:
53:
40:
2226:1798 establishments in Scotland
466:79th Foot (Cameron Highlanders)
1559:– Regiments.org (archive site)
1513:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1490:The Anglo-Scots Wars 1513–1550
770:'FIFE ARTILLERY MILITIA'. The
698:W. Baird appointed 19 May 1888
324:Camp in Kent, forming part of
1:
2206:Militia of the United Kingdom
803:1st Fife Artillery Volunteers
684:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
573:(not to be confused with the
420:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
390:Militia of the United Kingdom
230:and the early stages of the
228:War of American Independence
163:. It was disbanded in 1909.
1299:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
447:Fifeshire Artillery Militia
153:Fifeshire Artillery Militia
2247:
1515:, London: Longmans, 1980,
1438:(various dates from 1840).
704:Arthur Moubray 5 June 1905
666:John Balfour, late of the
653:, appointed 18 August 1802
599:Secretary of State for War
1596:British Militia Regiments
1472:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
1277:Maurice-Jones, pp. 150–1.
1176:Maurice-Jones, pp. 161–2.
510:, he had served with the
453:) and Lt-Col Commandant (
433:(RA) for active service.
188:restoration of Charles II
1465:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
1442:Col George Jackson Hay,
1409:, London: Methuen, 1938.
793:Militia (United Kingdom)
743:Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
642:, appointed 17 July 1798
567:Royal Garrison Artillery
425:The 1852 Act introduced
232:French Revolutionary War
48:Kingdom of Great Britain
2095:Forfar & Kincardine
1708:Forfar & Kincardine
1330:Litchfield, Appendix 8.
1268:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
788:Militia (Great Britain)
755:NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT
209:Jacobite Rising of 1745
201:Jacobite Rising of 1715
939:Western, pp. 223, 252.
385:
1133:Cupar Heritage Trail.
985:Litchfield. pp. 84–6.
722:Uniforms and insignia
614:Royal Field Artillery
383:
357:Scots Fusilier Guards
147:and again during the
1405:Col John K. Dunlop,
1152:Litchfield, pp. 1–7.
867:Phillips, pp. 46–54.
751:Order of the Thistle
414:were replaced by an
318:Denbighshire Militia
267:French Revolutionary
258:, given the rank of
1455:ISBN 0-9508530-7-0.
1451:11 May 2021 at the
1288:Late Victorian Army
767:Home Service helmet
604:Under the sweeping
518:Higher organisation
496:in June, moving to
412:Regimental Colonels
392:was revived by the
197:Glorious Revolution
192:Scottish Parliament
2201:Scottish regiments
1526:Edward M. Spiers,
1511:Edward M. Spiers,
1488:Gervase Phillips,
1423:J.B.M. Frederick,
1390:Maj R.C. Dudgeon,
1341:Army & Society
1321:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
1310:Army & Society
1187:Army & Society
957:Frederick, p. 982.
838:lieutenant-colonel
508:3rd Light Dragoons
486:South West England
386:
302:lieutenant-colonel
2196:Fifeshire Militia
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2182:
2179:
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2075:Argyll & Bute
1831:England and Wales
1819:
1818:
1804:England and Wales
1792:
1791:
1693:Argyll & Bute
1610:England and Wales
1312:, pp. 243–2, 254.
1245:Edinburgh Gazette
1164:Dunlop, pp. 42–5.
842:brigadier-general
427:Militia Artillery
334:Dymchurch Redoubt
249:Fifeshire Militia
242:Finally, in 1797
238:Fifeshire Militia
133:Fifeshire Militia
126:
125:
21:Fifeshire Militia
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1764:Londonderry (II)
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1414:James E. Edmonds
1400:978-1-10368643-8
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668:Grenadier Guards
661:Honorary Colonel
595:St John Brodrick
524:Cardwell Reforms
494:Pendennis Castle
451:Grenadier Guards
416:Honorary Colonel
410:The traditional
394:Militia Act 1852
365:Grenadier Guards
294:Earl of Crawford
220:Seven Years' War
167:Scottish Militia
117:Virtute et Opera
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1953:Montgomeryshire
1918:North Hampshire
1913:Gloucestershire
1873:Caernarvonshire
1868:Carmarthenshire
1853:Buckinghamshire
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1759:Londonderry (I)
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1504:Arthur Sleigh,
1453:Wayback Machine
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488:, first at
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149:Crimean War
121:Deo Juvante
103:Garrison/HQ
98:6 Batteries
96:1 Battalion
63:(1801–1909)
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1933:Lancashire
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1779:Mid-Ulster
1713:Haddington
1647:Lancashire
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1370:References
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709:Precedence
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591:Volunteers
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376:Background
279:Volunteers
244:Parliament
186:After the
177:Wapenshaws
173:Shire levy
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1797:Engineers
1769:Tipperary
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1677:Yorkshire
1637:Glamorgan
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1069:1805 List
814:Footnotes
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528:Army List
490:Devonport
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1998:Somerset
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1824:Infantry
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1617:Cardigan
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782:See also
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587:Yeomanry
532:Plymouth
498:Falmouth
462:captains
349:adjutant
341:Waterloo
328:the Hon
314:Boulogne
310:Napoleon
283:Yeomanry
159:and the
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113:Motto(s)
86:Infantry
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