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... Royal Artillery gunners in those days were few and far between , infantry battalions still continued to exist , the garrison of the Castle being , as I after- wards learnt , the Royal Regiment , to whom the ancient title of Royal Scots ...
... Royal Artillery gunners in those days were few and far between , infantry battalions still continued to exist , the garrison of the Castle being , as I after- wards learnt , the Royal Regiment , to whom the ancient title of Royal Scots ...
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... Royal Welsh Fusiliers , in which regiment he remained till his retirement from the service , a second lieutenant - colonel of his battalion . GAZETTED TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT . 13 The coming Crimean 12 EARLY DAYS AND SANDHURST .
... Royal Welsh Fusiliers , in which regiment he remained till his retirement from the service , a second lieutenant - colonel of his battalion . GAZETTED TO THE ROYAL REGIMENT . 13 The coming Crimean 12 EARLY DAYS AND SANDHURST .
Side 13
... Royal Scots . At that time , my father being employed in Canada , I was under charge of my uncle , who , as already mentioned , lived in London : but he was abroad in the Crimea . He wrote to have me ap- pointed to the 92nd Highlanders ...
... Royal Scots . At that time , my father being employed in Canada , I was under charge of my uncle , who , as already mentioned , lived in London : but he was abroad in the Crimea . He wrote to have me ap- pointed to the 92nd Highlanders ...
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... royal ears , and death by roasting alive ceased to be a form of legal execution in England ; but the hanging , not only of men , but of women and children , for offences which would now be con- sidered sufficiently punished by a few ...
... royal ears , and death by roasting alive ceased to be a form of legal execution in England ; but the hanging , not only of men , but of women and children , for offences which would now be con- sidered sufficiently punished by a few ...
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... Royal Engineers went to the north with the fleet escorting the Ministers ; but on arrival at the mouth of the Peiho it was found that the Chinese had immensely strengthened the Taku Forts since the previous year , and placed in the ...
... Royal Engineers went to the north with the fleet escorting the Ministers ; but on arrival at the mouth of the Peiho it was found that the Chinese had immensely strengthened the Taku Forts since the previous year , and placed in the ...
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