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  List of military divisions by name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of military divisions of all nationalities that are identified by name.
In many armies divisions have been given both a name and a number; they are listed here if they are commonly referred to by name in English publications.
Note that in the British Army prior to April 1915 many Regular Army and Territorial Army divisions were designated by name.
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 History of Essex, New York
Delevan Delance, a resident of Essex, was one of the earliest sheriffs of the county.
The village of Essex, the largest and oldest of the three, is situated on the shore of the lake in the northeastern corner of the town.
The Baptist Church of Essex village was an offshoot of the Essex church at Brookfield, and was organized in 1838, with a membership of eighteen.
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 County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The County remains one of the oldest levels of government in China and significantly predates the establishment of provinces in the Ming dynasty.
The County of Oslo is equivalent to the municipality of Oslo.
At the County level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
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 English Counties, Parish, etc. for Genealogists
Although the word county is derived from the Norman French comté, the boundaries of Norman counties corresponded in most respects with those of the Saxon shires of the immediate pre-Norman period.
Essex, Middlesex and Sussex were the lands occupied by the East, Middle and South Saxons respectively, while Norfolk and Suffolk were similarly the areas of the North Folk and South Folk of the Angles' kingdom of East Anglia.
The counties of the west midlands were formed by the king of Wessex after he invaded the area which had been the kingdom of Mercia.
homepages.nildram.co.uk /~jimella/counties.htm   (5111 words)

  
 71 Signal Regiment - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In 1889 an Essex Troop of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars was raised and went to South Africa as mounted infantry with the Imperial Yeomanry.
The Essex Yeomanry went to France in 1914 and served with particular distinction during the second Battle of Ypres and the Advance from Arras with the 8th Cavalry Brigade.
In 1961 the Kent Yeomanry and the 3/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) amalgamated as an armoured recce Regiment.
www.army.mod.uk /royalsignals/71sigregt/history.htm   (1671 words)

  
 Biography - P - British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In April 1653, he was appointed Admiral of the Blue division at the three-day battle of Portland.
Peter was a chaplain in the Earl of Essex's army and in the New Model, where his services were valued by Cromwell and Fairfax.
He saw active service in the Earl of Essex's campaign to relieve the siege of Gloucester, but was primarily involved in the administration of Warwickshire, keeping tight control over the county's affairs, both locally and at Westminster.
www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/index_p.htm   (4543 words)

  
 British and Irish Collections: Overviews of the Collections (European Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Works treating the British Isles are found throughout the Library, for example in the Rare Book, Manuscript, Music, Law Library, and other divisions that have custody of unique collections, as well as in the general collection.
British legal cases covering the reigns of Henry VI to Elizabeth I, charters from the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, and genealogical records from several English counties are other important documents in this collection.
Prepared by British military engineers and forming the collection of William Faden, a major eighteenth century map publisher, these manuscript and printed maps are an important part of the Library's materials on the Revolutionary War period.
www.lcweb.loc.gov /rr/european/coll/brit.html   (3310 words)

  
 Wivenhoe: Introduction | British History Online
Wivenhoe was the fastest growing town in Essex in the following decade, its popu- lation reaching 5,316 in 1971, the opening of Essex University being an important factor.
Many of the lords of the manor were resident at least for part of the time and took some part in local parish life, although their social networks stretched much farther than the parish.
58) The Suttons held other estates in Essex and Suffolk, the powerful de Vere family seated at Castle Hedingham had interests all over the county and beyond, the Townshends' seat was at Raynham (Norf.), and the Corsellises also held Layer Marney manor.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=15280   (4242 words)

  
 Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fourteen counties, moving roughly from west to east, are Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket.
All trials are held in departments and divisions of a unified Trial Court, headed by a Chief Administrative Justice assisted by an Administrator of Courts.
The clean version of a performance used to be known as the "Boston version." By 1929, the Watch and Ward society was perceived to be in decline when it failed in its attempt to ban Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, but as late as 1935 it succeeded in banning Lillian Hellman's play The Children's Hour.
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 FRANCIA
The Dukes of Savoy, beginning with a county in Burgundy, acquired more land and a capital (Turin) in Italy, named their new Kingdom after Sardinia and ultimately succeeded as the modern Kings of Italy.
As neat halves of Charlemange's empire eventually formed, France in the West and Germany in the East, the stage for the greatest battles of modern war in the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries would be set along the seam, from Nieuwpoort (1600) to Ramillies (1706), Waterloo (1815), Verdun (1916), and the Bulge (1944).
The division was equal enough, Charles "the Bald" in the West (Francia Occidentalis), Louis "the German" in the East (Francia Orientalis), and Lothar in the Middle and South (Francia Media).
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 COURT - Online Information article about COURT
Essex, Sussex and Wessex were founded by the Saxons, and' the remaining kingdoms by the See also:
Between these two lay a territory called Middle Anglia, which is sometimes described as a kingdom, though we do not know whether it ever had a separate dynasty.
rule such divisions did not last beyond the lifetime of the kings between whom the arrangement had been made.
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 Defence Internet | Fact Sheets | Operations in Iraq: British Fatalities
Of these, 86 are classed as killed in action, including as a result of hostile action, 29 are known to have died either as a result of illness, non-combat injuries or accidents, or have not yet been officially assigned a cause of death, pending the outcome of an investigation.
A British soldier was killed, and two injured, in an improvised explosive device attack on British vehicles in Basrah on the morning of Monday 28 June 2004.
A British soldier was killed in an incident involving light armoured vehicles of D Squadron, The Blues and Royals, on Friday 28 March 2003.
www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets/OperationsInIraqBritishFatalities.htm   (4784 words)

  
 Scottish rebels battle British again at Crown Point fort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
His Majesty’s Fort at Crown Point was a British military outpost in the mid-18th century, and many soldiers stationed at the fort or passing through were Scotsmen fighting in a professional army, said reenactor Lisa Simpson Lutts of Port Henry.
After the surrender of Canada in 1760, the Champlain Valley was opened for settlement and many officers and soldiers accepted land grants in lieu of payment for their military service during the French and Indian War.
It was a lot grimmer, she said, as reenactor units recreated aspects of the Battle of Prestonpans in Scotland, where the Scottish rebels soundly defeated the British army, and the Battle of Culloden, at which the British crushed the Scottish forces and ended the rebellion against the British crown.
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 Index of the Divisions of the British Army
7th Armoured Division [WW2], by Leslie J. Dinning.
36th (Ulster) Division [WW1], by Somme Heritage Centre.
51st Highland Division [WW1], by Scots at War Project.
www.regiments.org /formations/lists/ukdivxref.htm   (113 words)

  
 GENUKI/Devon: Devon - Genealogy
"A county of England, reaching from the Bristol to the English Channel, and bounded by Cornwall, and Somersetshire, and Dorsetshire.
Devon County Council provides an excellent descriptive listing of Devon Newspapers, based on the survey carried out as part of the Newsplan Programme for "the identification, microfilming and preservation of the local newspapers of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland".
The Devonshire Association was "founded in 1862 with objectives to further the study of science, literature and the arts in relation to the county of Devon", and publishes its Transactions annually.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV   (11392 words)

  
 Essex County BassAnglers - News
Division of Wildlife investigators said all the offenses took place between 2001 and 2003.
Essex County BassAnglers will again be helping out with this event and we need some volunteers to give us a hand.
A Cuyahoga County grand jury returned racketeering indictments against 14 commercial fishermen, two fishing companies and three wholesalers on charges that they pulled tons of yellow perch from Lake Erie in excess of their quotas in 2002 and 2003, then tried to cover it up.
www.essexcountybassanglers.com /news.htm   (13340 words)

  
 Historical Collections on Microfilm - Sources for Research in English Genealogy - Bibliographies & Guides - Local ...
Most of the microfilmed British manuscripts relating to American history are available for use through interlibrary loan, and arrangements for this should be made through a local library.
The British Manuscripts Project (microfilm 041) includes manuscripts from the Cambridge University Library, the Public Record Office (including the Colonial Office), Lincoln Cathedral, Oxford University (Bodleian Library), the National Library of Wales, and several country house libraries (Longleat, Holkham Hall, Penshurst, Knole, Woburn Abbey, and Syon House).
What it covers are county record offices (Berkshire, Gloucester, Bristol, Essex); university and public libraries; and the Bodleian, as well as other special and private repositories (Guildhall Library, National Library of Wales).
www.loc.gov /rr/genealogy/bib_guid/englandhist.html   (473 words)

  
 British Divisions in World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII
This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War II.
It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Divisions_in_WWII   (122 words)

  
 Rockingham County Virginia Records
Rockingham County was formed on 1 March 1778 from the upper part of Augusta County.
Many of the early records of Rockingham County were destroyed by Federal raiders during the Civil War, when they set fire to the wagons carrying the records to Greene County for safe keeping.
Like Rockbridge and Shenandoah counties, Rockingham's formation in 1778 was part of a major division of the two frontier counties of Augusta and Frederick during the American Revolution.
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 BBC SPORT | COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1 | Parsons prompts collapse
Mike Atherton hit his first County Championship century for almost a year as Lancashire were bowled out for 239 at Taunton.
The former England captain looked in fine form from the start and hit two sixes before lunch, as well as 14 fours in his four-hour 113.
Essex hopes washed away (10 Jul 00
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/cricket/county_ch_1/831001.stm   (564 words)

  
 British Resorts and Destinations Association Online
The site is designed as a one stop shop giving the public, national press, trade partners, students and other interested parties information on, and links to, a wealth of information regarding many of the UK's most popular built and rural inland and coastal destinations.
The British Resorts and Destinations Association originally formed in 1921, has developed from a traditional local government association, to become a national body that operates as a trade association representing the wider interest of local authority sponsored tourism.
The common link between all members being an engrained tradition of hosting visitors and therefore a tendency towards a much higher local social and economic dependency on a healthy tourism industry.
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 Golf Venue Notebook: British Amateur, Curtis Cup and other sites picked
Essex County Club in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., has been selected as the site of the 2010 Curtis Cup Match, U.S. Golf Association officials have announced.
Essex CC, the sixth original USGA member club, originally opened in 1893.
Joe Lloyd, the head professional from 1895 to 1909, won the 1897 U.S. Open, and Herbert Jacques Jr., a member of Essex, was the USGA president in 1933-34.
www.pga.com /news/tours/amateur/venues062506.cfm?rss   (1162 words)

  
 The 54th (East Anglian) Division, 1914-1918
The Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908.
After gradual demobilisation, the Division was disbanded in Egypt in September 1919, and was reformed at home in 1920.
In September 1915, became dismounted and moved to ANZAC bridgehead on Gallipoli, from 1st Mounted Division.
www.1914-1918.net /54div.htm   (548 words)

  
 Nova Scotia History Index
John Allan was the eldest son of William Allan, one of the earliest settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, Jan. 3, 1746.
When the news of the British occupation reached Boston the Massachusetts General Court was in session, and it was soon determined to drive out the enemy, if possible, before he had had time to strengthen his position.  Preparations were made with energy and a military and naval force was soon organized...
The ill-fated attack on the new British Fort George in July 1779 known as the Penobscot or Bagaduce Expedition was masterfully bungled.  In the end the militia was abandoned, the ships and transports were sunk or run aground, and Massachusetts was all but bankrupt....
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 Essex Yeomanry [UK]
History of the Essex Yeomanry, by 70 Signal Squadron.
Essex Yeomanry, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War)
Essex Yeomanry, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/volmil-england/vcav/essex.htm   (358 words)

  
 Isle of Wight County Virginia Records
Isle of Wight County was one of the original shires of Virginia established in 1634.
As first constituted, the new county bore a vague boundary description which was clarified by several Acts (1639/40), 1642/43, and 1647).
Finally, in 1749, the only division of the county occurred when the southern portion of the county was taken to form Southampton County.
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 Familia: Essex County Council
The Poll for a Knight of the Shire for the County of Essex taken at Chelmsford 1763, 1810
Poll for the Southern Division of the County of Essex 1859, 1865
The Poll for a Knight of the Shire for the County of Essex taken at Chelmsford 1763
www.familia.org.uk /services/england/essex.html   (1145 words)

  
 The 6th Division 1914-1918
This peacetime Division of the army was quartered in Ireland and England at the outbreak of war, and was ordered to concentrate near Cambridge.
The Division arrived in time to reinforce the hard-pressed BEF on the Aisne, before the whole army was moved north into Flanders.
It was transferred to 27th Division on 31 May 1915.
www.1914-1918.net /6div.htm   (882 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Great Britain and Northern Ireland
British Embassy in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai, Arab Emirates
British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, China (Republic)
British Defence Staff in Washington, United States of America
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 Prentices of the Colnes, Essex County, England
1792, Gentlemen of Havering atte Bower in 1819 and in Westminster in 1822; of Prittlewell, Essex in 1844.
Smuts had 27,000 British, South African, Indian and African troops in his command, facing 10,000 German and Native soldiers under the command of Colonel Paul von Lettow Vorbeck.
Morant, in his History and Antiquities of Essex (1768) states that West Hall was one of the four manors of Paglesham and that it derived its name from its situation a mile west of the church.
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