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	Commonwealth of Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.
		It was once known as the British Commonwealth of Nations or British Commonwealth, and some still call it by that name, either for historical reasons or to distinguish it from the other commonwealths around the world, such as the Commonwealth of Australia and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
		Commonwealth membership was held to have lapsed until 1997, after racialist provisions in the republican constitution were repealed and reapplication for membership made.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations (3455 words)

	Commonwealth of Nations - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The issue of republican status within the Commonwealth was only resolved in 1950 when it was agreed according to a formula proposed by Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent that India should remain a Commonwealth member despite adopting her present republican constitution.
		Commonwealth membership was held to have lapsed until 1997, after racist provisions in the republican constitution were repealed and reapplication for membership made.
		Under the scheme, Commonwealth citizens with a British parent are eligible, as are women from Commonwealth countries who have been married to a British man. Those who come to the UK under the right to abode scheme may claim state benefits if they can show that they intend to make the UK their permanent home.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /british_commonwealth.htm (2884 words)

	Encyclopedia: British-Commonwealth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was formerly known as the British Commonwealth (or British Commonwealth of Nations), and many still call it by that name, either for historical reasons or to distinguish it from the many other commonwealths around the world.
		The Commonwealth is largely an organisation where countries with diverse economic backgrounds have an opportunity for close and equal interaction.
		In recent years the Commonwealth model has inspired similar initiatives on the part of Portugal and their respective ex-colonies, and in the former case, other sympathetic governments: the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese_speaking countries).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British_Commonwealth (2384 words)

	Commonwealth, the (British) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Commonwealth, the (British)
		The Commonwealth of Nations, formerly the British Commonwealth, but now referred to simply as the Commonwealth, is a successor organization that evolved by stages from the old British Empire.
		The first countries of the old British Empire to gain independence were Canada (1867), Australia (1901), New Zealand (1907), and South Africa (1910), but their status was uncertain until defined by the Statute of Westminster (1931) which established the equal relationship between the four dominions and Britain.
		Commonwealth ties, once important politically, militarily, and economically, are now mainly cultural and economic, although the latter have weakened considerably with the transformation of Empire into Commonwealth.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Commonwealth,%20the%20(British) (655 words)

	British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		George Bedbrook, the head of the Australian team to the 1960 Paralympics suggested to other representatives of the Commonwealth that a similar event be associated with the Commonwealth Games to be held in Perth in 1962.
		About ten nations and 100 athletes took part in the competitions and the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Council was formed to develop further events for disabled athletes from the Commonwealth countries.
		The games were held again four years later in conjunction with the Kingston Commonwealth games in 1966, and with the participation from some of the Caribbean nations the number of athletes participating doubled to about 200.
	www.internationalgames.net /britishCommParGames.htm (193 words)

	The Commonwealth - The Commonwealth of Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Commonwealth is described as a "family" of nations, originally linked together in the British Empire, and now building on their common heritage in language, culture and education, which enables them to work together in an atmosphere of greater trust and understanding than generally prevails among nations.
		The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is a postgraduate academic institution devoted to the study of the Commonwealth.
		When the Commonwealth Games were staged for the fourth time in Canada in 1994, the event attracted 2,446 of the world’s top athletes from 63 nations (Commonwealth countries and associated states and territories), all of whom were competing for the honour of the Commonwealth Gold.
	www.col.org /comover.htm (1701 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Country profiles \| Profile: The Commonwealth
		It dropped the word British from its name, the allegiance to the crown from its statute, and became a receptacle for decolonised nations.
		Leader: Queen Elizabeth II As head of the Commonwealth, the Queen is recognised by its members as the "symbol of their free association".
		Commonwealth Games 2002, held in Manchester, UK Unlike the United Nations, Commonwealth members have no contractual obligations, but members commit themselves to the statements of beliefs set out by heads of government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1554175.stm (698 words)

	Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Majid's Pages- Maldives and the British Commonwealth
		The Head of the Commonwealth is always the head of state of the United Kingdom and other countries, such as New Zealand, that share the head of state of the United Kingdom.
		Commonwealth recepients of these knighthoods kneel before Her Majesty the Queen or one of her Governers-General as part of their investiture.
		It was hoped that joining the Commonwealth would make travel to the UK easier for Maldive nationals- similar to what was enjoyed by Her Majesty's subjects in her realms such as New Zealand, Canada and Australia.
	www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /maldives_commonwealth.shtml (1405 words)

	The Power Of The British Commonwealth Over The World
		The Commonwealth of England was the official title of the political unit that replaced the kingdoms of Scotland and England under the rule of Oliver Cromwell.
		The Commonwealth was established as an association of free and equal states, and membership was based on common allegiance to the British Crown.
		Every Commonwealth country that acknowledges the queen as head of state has a representative of the queen who is called a "Governor-General." The Governor-General retains all the reserve powers that the Queen exercises in the UK which includes opening and closing parliament and abolishing parliament.
	www.rense.com /general62/britt.htm (5036 words)

	CNN - British Commonwealth: Dinosaur or dynamic force? - October 24, 1997
		EDINBURGH, Scotland (CNN) -- A four-day summit of the Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies -- 54 nations in all -- opened Friday with less pageantry than in the past, a slick video, and, for the first time, a speech by Queen Elizabeth II, the symbolic leader of 1.7 billion people.
		This is the first time in 20 years Britain has hosted a Commonwealth summit, and the first time in the queen's four-decade reign that she has addressed the opening ceremony.
		Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and the queen's daughter, Princess Anne, also were participating in some of the summit events.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9710/24/commonwealth.summit (624 words)

	British Commonwealth Forces
		British Commonwealth Forces in Korea Commonwealth troops serving in Korea included British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealander, and South African contingents.
		The first British units to arrive at Pusan on 28 August 1950 were the 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment and 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders under the 27th British Infantry Brigade.
		It was redesignated the 27th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade in October when Australian and Canadian units were assigned, which served under the US 1st Cavalry Division and helped meet the initial onslaught when China entered the war in November.
	www.rt66.com /~korteng/SmallArms/BCD1.htm (486 words)

	WorldNetDaily: British Commonwealth a popular club
		In the shadowy outer reaches of the de facto British Empire are a romantic group not unlike Lawrence of Arabia and his desert nomadic fighters of World War I. They are the Gurkhas of Nepal.
		The British Empire's technological feats reached a new height between 1850 and 1910, when over 30,000 miles of railroad were built in India at the apex of the Pax Victoria.
		The British flag may not fly over as many colonies anymore, but its financial tentacles are greater than ever, with banking outposts in the Isle of Man, the Bahamas and Nauru.
	worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21707 (3148 words)

	The History of Canada and Canadians - The British Commonwealth of Nations
		The period between the wars brought the culmination of Canada's growth to independent nationhood within the British Commonwealth.
		He piloted through the Imperial Conference of 1917 a resolution that the dominions "should be recognized as autonomous nations of an imperial commonwealth." To both the 1919 Peace Conference and the League of Nations Canada sent its own delegates.
		The statute provided that no law passed in the future by the United Kingdom should extend to any dominion "except at the request and with the consent of that Dominion." Canadian sovereignty thus had been achieved by a long process of peaceful constitutional evolution.
	www.linksnorth.com /canada-history/thebritishcommonwealthofnations.html (190 words)

	Korean War--British and Commonwealth Forces
		The British and the Commonwealth nations also contributed six-inch and lighter gunfire to the support of forces on land, and to patrol and blockading functions offshore.
		British, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian destroyers and frigates were vigorously and effectively employed.
		A notable British navy vessel that was present for nearly the entire war, though generally stationed in port in Japan, was the aircraft maintenance ship Unicorn.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/kowar/un-rok/uk-s.htm (864 words)

	United Kingdom
		England, in the southeast part of the British Isles, is separated from Scotland on the north by the granite Cheviot Hills; from them the Pennine chain of uplands extends south through the center of England, reaching its highest point in the Lake District in the northwest.
		After the death in 1658 of Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector, the Puritan Commonwealth fell to pieces and Charles II was placed on the throne in 1660.
		British troops joined the U.S. in the bombing campaign against Afghanistan in Oct. 2001, after the Taliban-led government refused to turn over the prime suspect in the terrorist attacks, Osama bin Laden.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108078.html (2838 words)

	Fleet Air Arm and the Commonwealth 1939-1945
		Commonwealth Forces: These pages are a tribute to the Commonwealth soldiers who have given served with both British and multi-national efforts to combat the forces arrayed against freedom.
		The Commonwealth War Graves Commision was established by Royal Charter in 1917.
		The Museum is dedicated to preservation of the history of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and honoring those airmen who trained and served, and especially those who died while serving their country in the conflict of 1939 - 1945.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /CommonwealthCountries (2595 words)

	Commonwealth Writers Prize - the best of Commonwealth literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Commonwealth Writers' Prize is funded and managed by the Commonwealth Foundation.
		The Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1987 to encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin.
		This prize celebrates the outstanding literary talent that exists in many parts of the Commonwealth and its contribution to contemporary writing in English.
	www.commonwealthwriters.com (120 words)

	Commonwealth of Nations
		Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external relations are governed by Britain).
		In 1965 a Commonwealth secretariat was established, with headquarters in London.
		Weather without you: by the end of this century, membership of the Commonwealth of Nations is expected to shrink.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0813057.html (440 words)

	British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1946 - 1951
		Participation in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) marked the first time that Australians were involved in the military occupation of a sovereign nation which it had defeated in war.
		BCOF participation in the allied occupation force was announced on 31 January 1946, though planning and negotiations had been in progress since the end of the war.
		For two thirds of the period of occupation the Commonwealth was represented solely by Australians and throughout its existence BCOF was always commanded by an Australian officer.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/bcof.htm (813 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Travel
		It is designed to help British travellers to make informed decisions about travelling abroad.
		Know Before You Go is an awareness campaign aimed at encouraging British travellers to prepare better before going overseas.
		You should be aware of the risk of indiscriminate terrorist attacks in public places anywhere in the world.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390572 (412 words)

	The Sun Never Set on the British Empire
		In 1909 the British Empire encompassed 20% of the land area of the Earth and 23% of its population.
		The Union of South Africa was formed from the British colonies of the Natal and the Cape Colony, together with the subjugated Boer Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
		The flag of the Union was, significantly, an archaizing Dutch flag, with an orange instead of a red stripe, and the flag of Britain, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal on the middle stripe.
	www.friesian.com /british.htm (6125 words)

	SULAIR: British & Commonwealth Literary Studies
		Attributions of Authorship in The Gentleman's Magazine - an electronic version of James M. Kuist's The Nichols File of The Gentleman's Magazine is a searchable database that contains a list of nearly 14,000 attributions of authorship of items printed in The Gentleman's Magazine, plus the two Supplements with 6000+ more attributions.
		More flexible than the printed catalogues, this comprehensive record of the lodings of the British Library to 1974 allows searching by date(s), keyword in title, place of publication, and publisher, as well as combinations of these indexes.
		Provides thorough coverage of Britain and the Commonwealth, allowing access by topic and century or decade as well as by the usual author and title indexes; thorough coverage.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/hasrg/ablit/britlit/comp.html (367 words)

	Markings on British and Commonwealth Bayonets
		The history of the British bayonet goes back to the 17th century, and because of this the British bayonet is one of the more interesting types of militaria to collect.
		On British manufactured weapons the cypher consists of a stylized crown (the style of which changed over time) above the initials of the reigning monarch.
		These identify the regiment of the British Army to which the bayonet was issued; when a bayonet was re-issued to a different regiment, the original regimental markings were normally lined out like
	www.radix.net /~bbrown/brit_bayo.html (1114 words)

	Contemporary Writers in the UK - Contemporary Writers
		The views expressed are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent those of the British Council or Booktrust.
		Produced by the Film and Literature Department of the British Council in association with BookTrust.
		The British Council is registered in England as a charity.
	www.contemporarywriters.com (212 words)

	British Commonwealth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I took more liberty with the Commonwealth than with any other power, as the Commonwealth is not a unified political unit, but a loose confederation of formerly British colonies nominally under the rule of the Queen (at least in theory), and sending troops should any of the Commonwealth members be in need (usually Britain's need).
		Thatcher when the Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina, and in 1983, the Commonwealth nations in the Caribbean took a leading role in requesting and assisting the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
		In the mid-game, British fleets will be attempting to capture Savannah, and Britain may even be landing armies on the South Carolina coast to march towards the Mississippi River.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~jcheaney/britain.htm (1900 words)

	Orders of Battle 39-45
		This site is dedicated to the study of Commonwealth Orders of Battle during the period of the Second World War.
		I am interested in contacting other researchers who are willing to exchange information on the British Commonwealth and Empire during this period.
		The British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces by Todd Mills
	home.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/army.html (208 words)

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