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Royal North Devon Yeomanry, the Glossary

The Royal North Devon Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army.^[1]

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Military units and formations established in 1798
Military units and formations in Devon

Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.

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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.

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Ashreigney

Ashreigney is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, about south of the town of Barnstaple.

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Atherington, Devon

Atherington is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about 8 miles south of Barnstaple.

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Barnstaple

Barnstaple is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England.

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Battle honour

A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.

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Battle of Épehy

The Battle of Épehy was fought during the First World War on 18 September 1918, involving the British Fourth Army under the command of General Henry Rawlinson against German outpost positions in front of the Hindenburg Line.

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Battle of Beersheba (1917)

The Battle of Beersheba (Birüssebi Muharebesi, Schlacht von Beerscheba)The several battles fought for the Gaza to Beersheba line between 31 October and 7 November were all assigned the title Third Battle of Gaza, although they took place many miles apart, and were fought by different corps.

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Battle of Jerusalem

The Battle of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the Ottoman Empire, in World War I, when fighting for the city developed from 17 November, continuing after the surrender until 30 December 1917, to secure the final objective of the Southern Palestine Offensive during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.

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Battle of Tell 'Asur

The Battle of Tell 'Asur, also known as the actions of Tel Asur or the Battle of Turmus 'Aya, took place 8–12 March 1918, after the decisive victory at the Battle of Jerusalem and the Capture of Jericho during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. Fighting took place over an area which extended from the Mediterranean to Abu Tellul and Mussalabeh on the edge of the Jordan Valley.

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Bear Street drill hall

The Bear Street drill hall is a former military installation in Barnstaple, Devon.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Bicycle infantry

Bicycle infantry are infantry soldiers who maneuver on (or, more often, between) battlefields using military bicycles.

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Bideford

Bideford is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, South West England.

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Black Torrington

Black Torrington is a village and civil parish in Torridge, Devon, England, situated between the towns of Holsworthy and Hatherleigh.

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Black Week

Black Week refers to the week of Sunday 10 December – Sunday 17 December 1899 during the Second Boer War, when the British Army suffered three devastating defeats by the Boer Republics at the battles of Stormberg on Sunday 10 December, Magersfontein on Monday 11 December and Colenso on Friday 15 December 1899.

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Blackmoor Gate

Blackmoor Gate, the western gateway to Exmoor National Park, sits on the watershed between tributaries of the rivers Yeo and Heddon nearly 305 m (1000 ft) above sea level.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.

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Bradninch

Bradninch is a small town, civil parish and manor in Devon, England, lying about south of Cullompton.

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Bradworthy

Bradworthy is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, situated north-east of the border with Cornwall.

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Bratton Clovelly

Bratton Clovelly is a village, parish and former manor in the west part of Devon, England.

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Bratton Fleming

Bratton Fleming is a large village, civil parish and former manor in Devon, England, about north-east of Barnstaple and near the western edge of Exmoor.

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Braunton

Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British yeomanry during the First World War

The British yeomanry during the First World War were part of the British Army reserve Territorial Force. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and British yeomanry during the First World War are yeomanry regiments of the British Army and yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I.

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Castle Hill, Filleigh

Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh in North Devon, is an early Neo-Palladian country house situated north-west of South Molton and south-east of Barnstaple.

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Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)

Seventeen Cavalry Reserve Regiments were formed by the British Army on the outbreak of the Great War in August, 1914.

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Chittlehampton

Chittlehampton is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England, about south-west of Barnstaple.

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Chulmleigh

Chulmleigh is a small Saxon hilltop market town and civil parish located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Colchester

Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England.

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Dean of Westminster

The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey.

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Dereham

Dereham, also known historically as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk.

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Devon and Somerset Staghounds

The red deer of Exmoor have been hunted since Norman times, when Exmoor was declared a Royal Forest.

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Devonshire Regiment

The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Devonshire Regiment are military units and formations in Devon.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Exford, Somerset

Exford is a rural village at the centre of Exmoor National Park, north-west of Dulverton, and south-west of Minehead, in Somerset, England.

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Fourth Army (United Kingdom)

The Fourth Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Fremington, Devon

Fremington is a large village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon, England, the historic centre of which is situated west of Barnstaple.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Gallipoli campaign

The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.

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Gaza (Battle honour)

Gaza was a battle honour awarded to units of the British and Imperial Armies that took part in one or more of the following engagements in the Great War.

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Goodleigh

Goodleigh is a village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon, England.

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Great Torrington

Great Torrington (often abbreviated to Torrington, though the villages of Little Torrington and Black Torrington are situated in the same region) is a market town in Devon, England.

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Hatherleigh

Hatherleigh is a small market town in west Devon, England.

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Haynes, Bedfordshire

Haynes is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about seven miles (11 km) south of Bedford.

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Heraldic visitation

Heraldic visitations were tours of inspection undertaken by Kings of Arms (or alternatively by heralds, or junior officers of arms, acting as their deputies) throughout England, Wales and Ireland.

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High Bickington

High Bickington is a rural village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.

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Highland Mounted Brigade

The Highland Mounted Brigade was a formation of the Territorial Force of the British Army, organised in 1908.

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Hindenburg Line

The Hindenburg Line (German: Siegfriedstellung, Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front in France during the First World War.

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Holsworthy

Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, west of Exeter.

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Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue

Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue (16 April 1854 – 29 October 1932), styled Viscount Ebrington from 1861 to 1905, was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1881 until 1892 and later in the House of Lords having inherited his father's peerages.

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Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War.

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Hussar

A hussar (huszár; husarz; Croatian - husar, Serbian - husar /) was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Central Europe (Hungary) during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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III Corps (United Kingdom)

III Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War.

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Imbros

Imbros (Ímvros; İmroz; ايمروز), officially Gökçeada since 29 July 1970,Alexis Alexandris, "The Identity Issue of The Minorities in Greece And Turkey", in Hirschon, Renée (ed.), Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey, Berghahn Books, 2003, is the largest island of Turkey, located in Çanakkale Province.

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Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museums (IWM), is a British national museum.

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Imperial Yeomanry

The Imperial Yeomanry was a volunteer mounted force of the British Army that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Imperial Yeomanry are yeomanry regiments of the British Army.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC (29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701) was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title and various appointments.

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John Lambrick Vivian

Lieutenant-Colonel John Lambrick Vivian (1830–1896), Inspector of Militia and Her Majesty's Superintendent of Police and Police Magistrate for St Kitts, West Indies, was an English genealogist and historian.

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John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle

John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750 – 3 April 1842) was a British politician and peer who served as a Member of Parliament in general support of William Pitt the Younger and was later an active member of the House of Lords.

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Kilkhampton

Kilkhampton (Kylgh) is a village and civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Langtree

Langtree is a village and parish in north Devon, England, situated about south-west of Great Torrington and south of Bideford.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1907

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1907.

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List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery

This is a list of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and list of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery are yeomanry regiments of the British Army.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Longford

Longford is the county town of County Longford in Ireland.

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Lord John Thynne

Rev.

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Lowland Mounted Brigade

The Lowland Mounted Brigade was a formation of the Territorial Force of the British Army, organised in 1908.

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Manor of Tawstock

The historic manor of Tawstock was situated in North Devon, in the hundred of Fremington, 2 miles south of Barnstaple, England.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Maryon-Wilson baronets

The Wilson, later Maryon-Wilson Baronetcy, of East Borne in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Baronetage of England.

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Mayor of Barnstaple

The Mayor of Barnstaple together with the Corporation long governed the historic Borough of Barnstaple, in North Devon, England.

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Melton Constable

Melton Constable is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Military colours, standards and guidons

In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago.

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Molland

Molland is a small village, civil parish, dual ecclesiastical parish with Knowstone, located in the foothills of Exmoor in Devon, England.

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Moudros

Moudros (Μούδρος) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece.

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Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon

Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon is a local museum covering the history and culture of the North Devon area and which is located in The Square in Barnstaple in Devon.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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National Army Museum

The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum.

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Neuville-Bourjonval

Neuville-Bourjonval is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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North Devon Militia

The North Devon Militia, later the Devon Artillery Militia, was a part-time military unit in the maritime county of Devonshire in the West of England. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and North Devon Militia are military units and formations in Devon.

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Parkham

Parkham is a small village, civil parish and former manor situated 5 miles south-west of the town of Bideford in north Devon, England.

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Police

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself.

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Regiment

A regiment is a military unit.

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RMS Olympic

RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of liners.

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Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford

Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford, (20 June 1867 – 24 February 1940) was an English barrister and politician.

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Robert Wrey

Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Baronet DL JP (23 May 1855 – 16 January 1917) of Tawstock Court, North Devon, was a prominent member of the Devonshire gentry.

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Roborough, Torridge

Roborough is a village and civil parish from Great Torrington, in Devon, England.

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Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry

The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry are military units and formations disestablished in 1920, military units and formations in Devon, yeomanry regiments of the British Army and yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.

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Royal Devon Yeomanry

The Royal Devon Yeomanry was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1920. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Royal Devon Yeomanry are military units and formations in Devon and yeomanry regiments of the British Army.

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Royal Field Artillery

The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry.

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Second Battle of Bapaume

The Second Battle of Bapaume was a battle of the First World War that took place at Bapaume in France, from 21 August 1918 to 3 September 1918.

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Second Battle of Gaza

The Second Battle of Gaza was fought on 17–19 April 1917, following the defeat of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) at the First Battle of Gaza in March, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.

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Second Battle of the Somme

The Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought during the First World War on the Western Front from late August to early September, in the basin of the River Somme.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.

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Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army

Yeomanry are part of the reserve for the British Army. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army are yeomanry regiments of the British Army and yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I.

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Sherwood Foresters

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for just under 90 years, from 1881 to 1970.

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Sinai and Palestine campaign

The Sinai and Palestine campaign was part of the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, taking place between January 1915 and October 1918.

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South Molton

South Molton is a town and civil parish in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England.

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St Giles in the Wood

St Giles in the Wood is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.

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Stevenstone

Stevenstone is a former manor within the parish of St Giles in the Wood, near Great Torrington, North Devon.

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Stowe, Kilkhampton

Stowe House in the parish of Kilkhampton in Cornwall, England, UK, was a mansion built in 1679 by John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701) and demolished in 1739.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Suvla

View of Suvla from Battleship Hill Suvla is a bay on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey, south of the Gulf of Saros.

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Swimbridge

Swimbridge (historical spelling: Swymbridge) is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England.

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Tavistock

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.

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Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907

The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 9) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the auxiliary forces of the British Army by transferring existing Volunteer and Yeomanry units into a new Territorial Force (TF); and disbanding the Militia to form a new Special Reserve of the Regular Army.

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Territorial Force

The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Territorial Force are military units and formations disestablished in 1920.

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Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge

The Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge was a short-lived decoration of the United Kingdom awarded to those members of the Territorial Force (TF) who were prepared to serve outside the United Kingdom in defence of the Empire, in the event of national emergency.

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Third Battle of Gaza

The Third Battle of Gaza was fought on the night of 1–2 November 1917 between British and Ottoman forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I and came after the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) victory at the Battle of Beersheba had ended the Stalemate in Southern Palestine.

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Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG (25 January 1765 – 27 March 1837), styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer.

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Tidworth Camp

Tidworth Camp is a military installation at Tidworth in Wiltshire, England.

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Tournai

Tournai or Tournay (Doornik; Tornai; Tornè; Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.

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Troop

A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron.

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Villers-Plouich

Villers-Plouich is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, situated 14 km south-west of the town of Cambrai.

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Warrant (law)

A warrant is generally an order that serves as a specific type of authorization, that is, a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, that permits an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights and affords the person executing the writ protection from damages if the act is performed.

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West Buckland, Devon

West Buckland is a small village and former manor, now in the parish of East and West Buckland, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England.

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West Down

West Down is a small village and civil parish located in North Devon, England.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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Western Frontier Force

The Western Frontier Force was raised from British Empire troops during the Senussi campaign from November 1915 to February 1917, under the command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF).

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William Pitt the Younger

William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801.

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Woodbury, East Devon

Woodbury is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, south east of the city of Exeter.

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Woolfardisworthy, Torridge

Woolfardisworthy, also spelled Woolsery, is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Yeomanry

Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units and sub-units in the British Army Reserve which are descended from volunteer cavalry regiments that now serve in a variety of different roles. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Yeomanry are yeomanry regiments of the British Army.

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Yeomanry order of precedence

Precedence is the order in which the various corps of the British Army parade, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest. Royal North Devon Yeomanry and Yeomanry order of precedence are yeomanry regiments of the British Army.

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Yeotown, Goodleigh

Yeotown was a historic estate situated in the parish of Goodleigh, North Devon, about 1 1/2 miles north-east of the historic centre of Barnstaple.

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Yoxford

Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold.

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11th (Northern) Division

The 11th (Northern) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, raised from men who had volunteered for Lord Kitchener's New Armies.

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1st Mounted Division

The 1st Mounted Division was a Yeomanry Division of the British Army active during World War I. It was formed in August 1914 for the home defence of the United Kingdom from four existing mounted brigades of the Territorial Force, each of three regiments of Yeomanry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_North_Devon_Yeomanry

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Military units and formations established in 1798

Military units and formations in Devon

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