The Royal Welch Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army and part of the Prince of Wales' Division,founded in 1689 shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702,it was designated a fusilier regiment and became The Welch Regiment of Fusiliers; the prefix "Royal" was added in 1713,then confirmed in 1714 when George I named it The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Welsh Fusiliers. After the 1751 reforms that standardised the naming and numbering of regiments,it became the 23rd Foot.
The Battle of Dunkirk was fought around the French port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) during the Second World War,between the Allies and Nazi Germany. As the Allies were losing the Battle of France on the Western Front,the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and other Allied forces to Britain from 26 May to 4 June 1940.
The 42nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division was raised in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force (TF),originally as the East Lancashire Division,and was redesignated as the 42nd Division on 25 May 1915. It was the first TF division to be sent overseas during the First World War. The division fought at Gallipoli,in the Sinai desert and on the Western Front in France and Belgium. Disbanded after the war,it was reformed in the Territorial Army (TA),in the Second World War it served as the 42nd Infantry Division with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and fought in Belgium and France before being evacuated at Dunkirk. The division was later reformed in the United Kingdom and,in November 1941,was converted into the 42nd Armoured Division,which was disbanded in October 1943 without serving overseas. A 2nd Line duplicate formation,the 66th Division,was created when the Territorials were doubled in both world wars.
The Royal Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881.
III Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War.
The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars,including the Second Boer War,the First and Second World Wars,and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence. In 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Fusilier Brigade –the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers,Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers –to form the current Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment,previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot,was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. The regiment saw service in many conflicts and wars,including the Second Boer War and both the First and Second World Wars. On 1 May 1963,the regiment was re-titled,for the final time,as the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and became part of the Fusilier Brigade.
George Charles Grey was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency in England from August 1941 until his death in action in July 1944.
Heywood was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
Captain Harold Thomas Cawley was a British barrister,Liberal Party politician and soldier.
Claude Granville Lancaster was a British Army officer,coal industry director,and Conservative Party politician.
Heywood and Radcliffe was a county constituency centred on the towns of Heywood and Radcliffe in South Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,elected by the first past the post system.
Major John Ronald Hamilton Cartland was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Norton in Birmingham from 1935 until he was killed in action,aged 33. He was the brother of Barbara Cartland.
Peter Thorp Eckersley was the captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1929 to 1935,who retired for a career as a Conservative Party politician.
The following events occurred in May 1940:
The 125th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army that saw active service during both the First and Second World Wars. It was assigned to the 42nd Division and served in the Middle East and later in the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War. In the Second World War the brigade,now redesignated 125th Infantry Brigade,fought in Belgium and France before being evacuated at Dunkirk and was then converted into 10th Armoured Brigade.
The 198th Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw service during the First World War with the 66th Division. Reformed in the Second World War as 198th Infantry Brigade it served with 54th Infantry Division and remained in the United Kingdom throughout the war,before disbanding in late 1943.
The Birmingham King's Norton by-election of 1941 was held on 8 May 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP,Ronald Cartland,who was killed on active service during the Dunkirk evacuation. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Peto.
The 1st Manchester Rifles, later the 6th Battalion,Manchester Regiment,was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army recruited in and around Manchester. It served as infantry at Gallipoli,fighting with distinction at the Third Battle of Krithia,and in some of the bitterest battles on the Western Front in World War I. After conversion into an anti-aircraft unit of the Royal Artillery between the wars,it defended Manchester,Scapa Flow and Ceylon during World War II and continued in the air defence role until 1955.
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