Isle of Wight Rifles information

known informally as the 'Isle of Wight Rifles', was an auxiliary unit of the British Army formed to defend the Isle of Wight after a mid-19th Century...

The Isle of Wight is rich in historical and archaeological sites, from prehistoric fossil beds with dinosaur remains, to dwellings and artefacts dating...

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE) is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, 2 to 5 miles (3 to 8 kilometres) off the coast...

of Foot preparing for action in the Peninsular War. In 1859 the Isle of Wight Rifles was raised as a defence force for the Island and stationed at the...

lieutenant (supernumerary) on 16 October 1909 in the 8th Battalion of the Isle of Wight Rifles, a Territorial Force unit. On 19 October 1912, he received a regular...

(Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1938, a unit which evolved to become the 530th The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles)...

The Royal Irish Rifles The Irish Lancers – 5th Royal Irish Lancers The Isle of Wight Gurkhas – Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight rifles, 8th Battalion...

four-battalion establishment, so the 8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, 'Princess Beatrice's) Bn remained unattached under the orders of Southern Command, allocated to 'Southern...

The Isle of Wight Festival 2009 was the eighth revived Isle of Wight Festival to be held at Seaclose Park in Newport on the Isle of Wight. The event took...

moved to Aden. The 1/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice's) Battalion landed at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli as part of the 163rd Brigade in the 54th...

re-armed in 1940 with two 12-pounder (5.4 kg) guns and a unit of the Isle of Wight Rifles was stationed there, controlled from the Fire Control Needles...

was manned by the Isle of Wight Rifles. The battery was stood down in December 1942, although it was reactivated with the addition of a Bofors anti-aircraft...

on the Isle of Wight serving with the Isle of Wight Rifles from 1915 to 1917 and found some time during the war to paint. In the trenches of Flanders...

the Isle of Wight on 2 August 1916. After the war, he emigrated to South Africa where he became bandmaster of the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles. His...

(Battery Sergeant-Major) Harold Henry Dennis, The Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. Assistant Surgeon...

Military Nursng Service Quartermaster and Captain George Giddens, 8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice's) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, Territorial...

outbreak of war the regiment and its three batteries mobilised in the Portsmouth Defences. Together with Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy...

Landguard Manor (or Languard) is a manor house in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, over the centuries it was home...

Jotsoma, Khonoma and Mezoma Villages with an escort of 65 constables of the Frontier Police and 21 Rifles from the 43rd Assam Light Infantry because the Naga...

freemasons from the province who won VCs". Insight (The Journal of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Freemasonry) (14): 18–19. November 2017. Google Earth Batchelor...