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A 1798 caricature of volunteer infantrymen
A Southwark cavalry volunteer
A Westminster cavalry volunteer
A Hackney infantry volunteer
An infantry volunteer from a Temple Association unit

The Volunteer Corps was a British voluntary part-time organization for the purpose of home defence in the event of invasion, during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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British Volunteer Corps

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The Volunteer Corps was a British voluntary part-time organization for the purpose of home defence in the event of invasion, during the French Revolutionary...

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Volunteer Force

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The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in...

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Volunteer Corps

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Volunteer Corps may refer to: British Volunteer Corps – a British voluntary part-time organization for the purpose of home defence in the event of invasion...

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British Free Corps

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men in strength. The idea for the British Free Corps came from John Amery, a British fascist, son of the serving British Secretary of State for India, Leo...

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Singapore Volunteer Corps

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Singapore Volunteer Corps or the Singapore Special Constabulary, was a militia unit established in 1854 as the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Corps underwent...

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SAF Volunteer Corps

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The Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC) is a uniformed volunteer auxiliary branch of the Singapore Armed Forces. It was established on 13 October...

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Volunteer Fighting Corps

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Volunteer Fighting Corps (国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai) were armed civil defense units planned in 1945 in the Empire of Japan as a last desperate measure...

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British Armed Forces

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Reserve Act of 1859) and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (created in 1903). The British military (those parts of the British Armed Forces tasked with land warfare...

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Royal Hong Kong Regiment

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Volunteer Defence Corps defence of Hong Kong during 1941, the Corps was awarded the battle honour "Hong Kong". The colours of the Hong Kong Volunteer...

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Volunteer Training Corps

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The Volunteer Training Corps was a voluntary home defence reserve force in the United Kingdom during World War I. After war had been declared in August...

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Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

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The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison. Renamed the...

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Peace Corps

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The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development...

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Shanghai Volunteer Corps

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The Shanghai Volunteer Corps was created on 12 April 1853 during the Small Swords Society's uprising. It saw action alongside British and American military...

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Volunteer force

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The Volunteer Force was a British part-time citizen army extant from 1859–1908. Volunteer force may also refer to: British Volunteer Corps, 1794–1803 Isle...

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Post Office Rifles

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The Post Office Rifles was a unit of the British Army formed in 1868 from volunteers as part of the Volunteer Force, which later became the Territorial...

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Volunteer Cadet Corps

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The Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC) is a national youth organisation managed by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and sponsored by the UK's Ministry of Defence...

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1st Orkney Artillery Volunteers

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many Rifle, Artillery and Engineer Volunteer Corps composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need. A public meeting...

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British Army

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became numbered Militia or Volunteer battalions of regular British Army corps or regiments. In 1908, the Yeomanry and Volunteer Force were merged to create...

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Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps

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Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps (Abbr.: P&PWVC), also known as Penang Volunteer Corps and Penang Volunteer Rifle was a militia unit in Malaya...

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Military volunteer

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units in the 19th century British Empire Sar-El, national project for volunteers for Israel SAF Volunteer Corps, volunteer scheme for the Singapore Armed...

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Emergency medical services

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Order of Malta Ambulance Corps and Hatzalah, as well as small local volunteer/paid departments. In the United States, volunteer ambulances are rarer, but...

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First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

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The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (FANY (PRVC)) is a British independent all-female registered charity formed in 1907...

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Northamptonshire Volunteers

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From the creation of the British Regular Army in 1660, it has been supplemented by part-time volunteer units raised on a local basis. Northamptonshire...

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Valley Forge Military Academy and College

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Marines Band Service and British Army line infantry bands. Field Music directly reflects the British military volunteer Corps of Drums. Valley Forge Military...

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