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The Oxford Companion to Military History

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2004

were British volunteer cavalry. In March 1794 PM Pitt ‘the Younger’ introduced a Bill calling for the formation of volunteer

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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History

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Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
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29 words

The local volunteer force of the Victorian and Edwardian era, who were mounted on their own horses and were therefore

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The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2007
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
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157 words

originally a part‐time local force raised in 1796 to combat the threat posed by the revolutionary war and the United

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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)

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2009
Subject:
History, Local and Family History
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29 words

The local volunteer force of the Victorian and Edwardian era, who were mounted on their own horses and were therefore distinct from the foot soldiers of the ...

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

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2002

historical a volunteer cavalry force raised from men who held and cultivated small landed estates (1794–1908).

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