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Title: A Hampshire Volunteer [Go to resource]
Description: The Hampshire Volunteer forces of the militia were established in September 1859. They were organised for home defence. The isolated corps were formed in 1860 into the 1st Volunteer Battalion, stationed in Winchester. This later became the 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. The 2nd Volunteer Battalion, stationed in Southampton, also formed in 1860, later became the 5th Battalion. Subsequently, three other Volunteer Battalions were formed. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: army
Hampshire Regiment
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Hampshire Volunteers
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VolunteerTemporal: start=1880-01-01; end=1900-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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