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	Territorial Army
		Merged with the Regular Army in World War II, it was revived in 1947, and replaced by a smaller, more highly trained Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, again renamed the Territorial Army in 1979.
		British force of volunteer soldiers, created from volunteer regiments (incorporated in 1872) as the Territorial Force in 1908.
		It was renamed the Territorial Army in 1922.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0013047.html (139 words)

	A cannon stands here in memory of the Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery who were the British Army's first volunteer gunners. - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
		A cannon stands here in memory of the Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery who were the British Army's first volunteer gunners.
		More images from the category A cannon stands here in memory of the Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery who were the British Army's first volunteer gunners..
	www.freefoto.com /preview.jsp?id=1044-39-30 (90 words)

	Sri Lanka Army - History
		During the 1914-18 war, many volunteers from the Defence Force found their way to England and joined the British Army, and many of them laid down their lives.
		When the War ended, the task of returning the enormously swollen wartime CDF to its normal proportions began and by 1948 came independence and in 1949, the Army Act was passed by Parliament raising the Ceylon Army, composed of Regular and Volunteer Forces.
		Many of the old units of the Volunteer Force still exists in the Army except a few which were disbanded from time to time.
	www.army.lk /history5.html (90 words)

	British Army
		The book is completed two useful appendices covering British Army Campaigns and Medals (1660-1902) and List of Regiments and their Records.
		A range of non-army as well as army sources are explored for this purpose.
		This section considers a range of miscellaneous material such as Indexes to the Army (unfortunately fewer than the researcher might wish), Army Museums, Medals and Vital Record (Registration of Army Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths).
	homepages.tesco.net /~ct_watts/army.htm (590 words)

	British Army in the First World War
		In the early part of the 20th century, the British Army was a fairly small professional body of volunteer regular soldiers.
		After the Boer War, the British war minister, Richard Haldane, created the British Expeditionary Army, in case it was necessary to take part in a foreign war.
		About 120,000 of these were in the British Expeditionary Army and the rest were stationed abroad.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWbritain.htm (1251 words)

	British Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1977
		When the Governor of the period ordered British soldiers to seek a fresh water supply for the poor of Pembroke Parish and their cattle during a prolonged drought, the Black Watch was the first to volunteer and dug so thoroughly the facility still exists today.
		British Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1977
		On Sunday, 24 March 1878 at 4:30 pm, as reported in the British domestic and Bermuda newspapers, the British warship, HMS Eurydice, bound from Bermuda to the United Kingdom, sank en route, from particularly heavy adverse weather.
	www.bermuda-online.org /britarmy.htm (5395 words)

	Territorial Army (TA)
		The Territorial Army (TA) is a localily recruited organisation which acts as a second line of defence, a standing army volunteer reserve.
		Territorial Army is in a position to fulfill the anticipated manpower shortage, particularly in the officer cadre.
		The Territorial Army constituted under the Territorial Army Act of 1948 is designed to relieve the Regular Army of static duties, to aid the civil power, and to provide units for the regular Army, if and when required.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/ta.htm (2288 words)

	National Museum Directors' Conference: Spoliation Report - National Army Museum
		the Standing Army, Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteers, Territorial Army of the British Islands, Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve of the United Kingdom, the Indian army and Armies of the East India Company, and the Land Forces of the Sovereign and Her predecessors possessions beyond the seas (Commonwealth Forces) to Independence.
		Collections consist of items and records relating to the history of the British Army, (including the Indian Army and Armies of the East India Company and Commonwealth Forces to the time of their Independence) which are highly unlikely to have been of interest to European collectors.
		The non-art based collections of the museum have been excluded; they consist of British Army issue items of clothing and war-like stores.
	www.nationalmuseums.org.uk /spoliation/reports/nam.html (854 words)

	Haig; A Great Captain
		The tiny, all-volunteer, British army had begun the war manifestly unprepared for the magnitude of the conflict.
		The German Army was never to fight so well again, but the British Army went on to fight better.
		Allied (French and British) losses in the same battle are placed in the region of 630,000.(22) The Germans, having already been through the horrors of Verdun and the Brusilov offensives, could afford such losses far less than the British, for whom the Somme was the first major offensive of the war.
	www.library.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/haig1.html (5048 words)

	Army.com - Britian
		The Territorial Army, also known as the militia or volunteer force, is a general reserve force.
		British military instructors are active in many countries, and thousands of military students from around the world attend military training courses in Britain.
		The army is controlled by the Defense Council through the Army Board, composed of both civilian and military members.
	www.army.com /Brtian (5048 words)

	British Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1977
		When the Governor of the period ordered British soldiers to seek a fresh water supply for the poor of Pembroke Parish and their cattle during a prolonged drought, the Black Watch was the first to volunteer and dug so thoroughly the facility still exists today.
		British Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1977
		It was the first regular British regiment to establish in Bermuda and began from that day on a series of postings of regiments or units that lasted until 1953.
	www.bermuda-online.org /britarmy.htm (5395 words)

	The Role of Muslims Martial Races of TodayÕs Pakistan in British-Indian Army in World War-II*
		he British Indian Army during World War II was the largest volunteer army the world has known with long martial traditions going back to the advent of the British in the subcontinent, even earlier.
		Since the British Indian Army was a voluntary army, it would be pertinent to briefly recall the political scene in India.
		The Indian Army won 31 Victoria Crosses and out of a total of 27 Victoria Crosses awarded for the Burma campaign 20 were personnel of the Indian Army.
	defencejournal.com /sept99/martial-races.htm (2411 words)

	Science and Society Picture Library - Search
		At the outset of the First World War the British Army was an entirely professional volunteer force.
		The British Expeditionary force sent to France in 1914 numbered 120,000, about half the Army’s entire strength.
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	www.scienceandsociety.co.uk /results.asp?image=10326384 (182 words)

	British Army in the First World War
		In the early part of the 20th century, the British Army was a fairly small professional body of volunteer regular soldiers.
		After the Boer War, the British war minister, Richard Haldane, created the British Expeditionary Army, in case it was necessary to take part in a foreign war.
		The British Army had 1.6 million men wounded during the First World War.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWbritain.htm (1251 words)

	British Army in the First World War
		In the early part of the 20th century, the British Army was a fairly small professional body of volunteer regular soldiers.
		This created serious equipment and training problems and until 1916 the British Army remained short of guns, ammunition and uniforms.
		After the Boer War, the British war minister, Richard Haldane, created the British Expeditionary Army, in case it was necessary to take part in a foreign war.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWbritain.htm (1251 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dictionary - Territorial Army definition
		British reserve army: the British Army's Territorial and Volunteer Reserve, a reserve army established to assist with national defense in emergencies.
		MSN Encarta - Dictionary - Territorial Army definition
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	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_561508666_1861719254/prevpage.html (68 words)

	New Page 2
		On this page I aim to describe what the British Territorial Army (TA) is, how it works and how it compares, if indeed it does, to any part of the Swedish army volunteer or regular formations.
		The Corps and Regiments of the British army
		In doing this, my main angles have been the evolution of the TA during this century, the perceived efficiency of the TA today as a fighting force and as a provider of reserves for the Regular Army and a comparative angle, with the Swedish army as reference.
	www.eng.umu.se /htp/example1 (155 words)

	Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) - Australian Women Corporate entry
		The Service which was part of the Australian Army Medical Corps was made up of volunteer trained nurses who were willing to serve in times of a national emergency.
		The Australian Army Nursing Service was one of only two women's services (the other being Voluntary Aid Detachments) that were active at the outbreak of war in 1939.
		In July 1947 members of the Australian Army Nursing Service were transferred to the Interim Army, and in November 1948 the Service was designated a 'Royal' one.
	www.womenaustralia.info /biogs/AWE0408b.htm (900 words)

	British Army Volunteer Infantry
		The British Army's reputation has been formed largely by its all-volunteer regulars fighting expeditionary battles far from the shores of the British Isles.
		Nevertheless the British Army has always been somewhat wary of its reserve formations, preferring to use only regular troops in combat unless forced otherwise by the demands of global warfare.
		This is a fairly recent tasking in the British Army, and these battalions are attached to Divisional and Corps Recce Groups.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Europe/UK/UK/uktainf.htm (1589 words)

	Scope of the Collections for British Military History: The British Library Newspaper Library
		Published by the British Army Newspaper Unit, B.N.A.F. 14 other editions of this most famous of forces' newspapers are also held in the Newspaper Library at other shelfmarks, from 1944 onwards up until 24 July 1948.
		The weekly newspaper of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of the British Army in occupied enemy territory
		Army and Navy Gazette: Journal of the Militia and Volunteer Forces
	www.bl.uk /collections/warfare2.html (1589 words)

	JWA - Army - WAC Timeline
		June 1973 The Draft is terminated and an All-Volunteer Army is established.
		April 1976 The Army's minimum age for the enlistment of women is changed from 18 to 17, thereby equalizing the minimum entry age for men and women.
		July 1974 All WAC officers are permanently detailed to all Army branches except those branches associated with combat infantry, armor and field artillery.
	www.jwa.org /discover/inthepast/infocus/military/army/wactimeline.html (515 words)

	Historical Overview of the Army Training and Doctrine Command Chapter 9
		Talks with the French Army were heavily influenced by extensive and frank discussions of the future operational and organization development of both armies in light of the recent French decisions to transition to a smaller all-volunteer force.
		Key to the talks with the United Kingdom were briefings on the future structure of the British Army and on NATO, in which strategic lift remained a problem for both armies.
		Contacts continued with the Russian Army, the armies of other nations of the former Soviet Union, as well as with the armies of several Eastern European and Balkan nations.
	www-tradoc.army.mil /historian/pubs/TRADOC25/chap9.htm (7393 words)

	Part 41 - Miscellaneous Corps Formation Signs & Patches
		First called the Supplementary Reserve (SA) later changing to Army Emergency Reserve (AER) Manned by selected National Servicemen, this formed the backbone of the reserve services until 1967 when the Territorial Army (TA) was restructured to form ‘Central Volunteer Reserve Headquarters’ (CVHQ) to manage Specialist Independent RAOC Companies.
		British Army of the Rhine - BAOR Troops
		The 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division was the only British division in WWII to incorporate the Arms-of-Service strip into their divisional sign.
	free.hostdepartment.com /o/ordnance/41.htm (1056 words)

	The British Army
		The Berlin Brigade was regarded as one of the plum postings of the British Army during the Cold War.
		The role of the Territorial Army, Britain’s volunteer soldiers, during the war was one mainly conducted on the home front.
		The British Army’s military actions during the Twilight War.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Historical/BritA2K.htm (8966 words)

	Regiments & Corps of the British TAVR 1967
		This list represents the Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) as established in 1967.
		Regiments & Corps of the British TAVR 1967
		How to find information about individuals who served in these regiments and corps
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/lists/ta1969.htm (8966 words)

	Confederate Yankee
		Casey Sheehan, who re-enlisted to join an all-volunteer Army and who volunteered for the rescue mission that led to his death, gave his life to bring freedom to almost 14,000 people, or roughly the size of a small town.
		A source in the Iraqi puppet army told Mafkarat al-Islam that the American soldier was very drunk at the time of the killing and that he was withdrawn from his observation post after the incident.
		The DSM was the minutes of a meetingâ”not a reportâ”among top British officials.
	confederateyankee.blogspot.com (8966 words)

	british army recruitment posters
		Until 1916, the British Army was an all-volunteer organization, and the dregs of...
		The British Army The first major post-Cold War Army recruiting ad campaign went by the title "Let's Be Frank." The series showed two bored young men...
		At the start of 1914 the British Army had a reported strength of 710000 men, of which around 80000...
	www.everything-army-2005-2006.com /8/british-army-recruitment-posters.html (8966 words)

	First World War
		This famous British army recruitment poster of the First World War was designed to induce a sense of patriotic guilt in British men unwilling to volunteer for military service.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /pathways/firstworldwar/britain/p_poster.htm (8966 words)

	Collecting Dictionary and Militaria Beginners Guide - Ian Kelly
		From 1830 onwards, Regular Army infantry regiments that had been wearing silver buttons changed to gilt buttons and thereafter, silver buttons were mainly worn by Militia and Volunteer regiments, and sometimes by pipers of regular regiments.
		The British Army is full of exceptions, and some regiments permitted NCOs to wear regimental buttons during this period.
		In the late 1960's the British Army changed from Battle Dress to an Olive Green Combat Suit.
	www.kellybadge.co.uk /beginner.htm (8966 words)

	Resource Discovery Pages - BRITISH ARMY LISTS, 1642- ENGLAND AND WALES
		A List of the Officers of the Gentlemen and the Yeomanry cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom.
		Lists of the Militia were added in 1854, the Indian Army in 1862, Yeomanry in 1881 and the Special Reserve and Territorial Force in 1909.
		The official Army List for 1740 was reprinted in 1931 by the Society for Army Historical Research, with a complete index of names as Special Publication no 3, under the title "The Army List of 1740".
	www.bl.uk /collections/social/srvlst1a.html (8966 words)

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