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Shorncliffe Camp can refer to:

  • Shorncliffe Redoubt – a British Napoleonic earthwork fort
  • Shorncliffe Army Camp – a large military establishment in Cheriton, Kent, UK
  • Folkestone West railway station – a British railway station opened in 1863 as "Shorncliffe Camp"

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Shorncliffe Camp

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Shorncliffe Camp can refer to: Shorncliffe Redoubt – a British Napoleonic earthwork fort Shorncliffe Army Camp – a large military establishment in Cheriton...

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Shorncliffe Army Camp

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Shorncliffe Army Camp is a British Army installation near Cheriton in Kent, established in 1794. The camp, described as "the birthplace of the modern...

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Shorncliffe

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suburb Shorncliffe, Kent, a district of Folkestone, Kent, England, home to an army camp Shorncliffe Army Camp, a military establishment Shorncliffe Redoubt...

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Shorncliffe Redoubt

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of The Shorncliffe Camp Song which was originally sung by the recruits at Shorncliffe during World War I. It was called Down in Shorncliffe Camp and sung...

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History of British light infantry

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regiments as specific light infantry troops, were trained under the Shorncliffe System devised by Sir John Moore and Sir Kenneth MacKenzie Douglas. The...

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Folkestone West railway station

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18 December 1843. Folkestone West was opened on 1 November 1863 as Shorncliffe Camp, initially with two platform faces either side of double track. In...

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Bassingbourn Barracks

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the Mission Training and Mobilisation Centre, previously based at Shorncliffe Camp in Folkestone, with the Mission Training and Mobilisation Centre (Individual)...

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David Bowie

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London. His mother, Margaret Mary "Peggy" (née Burns), was born at Shorncliffe Army Camp near Cheriton, Kent. Her paternal grandparents were Irish immigrants...

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Seaforth Highlanders

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Palestine in January 1918. The 2nd Battalion, which had been stationed at Shorncliffe Camp, landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 10th Brigade in the 4th...

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Folkestone

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further stations were opened at Folkestone West (originally named Shorncliffe Camp) in 1863, and Folkestone Central in 1884. Folkestone Harbour station...

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British Army during the Napoleonic Wars

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own regiment, the 52nd Foot), to light infantry at Shorncliffe Camp, the new specialised training camp for light infantry. Five other regiments (the 51st...

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South Eastern Main Line

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and Shorncliffe Camp, which replaced the earlier Shorncliffe & Sandgate station. Cheriton Arch opened on 1 September 1884. The new Shorncliffe Camp opened...

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Royal Corps of Army Music

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'technical support' for the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas, based at Shorncliffe Camp, Folkestone, which is separately constituted. Other bands may be formed...

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Slip coach

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Bradshaw shows slips at Ashford off the Continental Mail Express and at Shorncliffe Camp off the Royal mail Express day Service, interestingly the slips are...

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Belgian refugees in Britain during the First World War

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to some 65,000 Belgian refugees fleeing the conflict. Shorncliffe Camp served as a training camp for thousands of recruits in training, and the port was...

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Royal Berkshire Militia

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internal security duty in Berkshire. On 15 October the regiment moved to Shorncliffe Camp, then from 1 December spent the winter at Walmer Barracks and North...

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List of works by Terence Cuneo

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oil on canvas view[permanent dead link] Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe Camp, Cheriton, Kent Scene: Rambahadur Limbu VC; Battle of Bau, 21 November...

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Kenneth Douglas

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infantry, the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, for this training, at Shorncliffe Camp. Mackenzie was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 52nd. They formed...

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Royal North Gloucestershire Militia

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to England in April 1799 and camped in Sussex. The following year it was in garrison at Dover Castle and Shorncliffe Camp. The RNGM provided large drafts...

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History of Folkestone

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to some 65,000 Belgian refugees fleeing the conflict. Shorncliffe Camp served as a training camp for thousands of recruits in training, and the port was...

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Mary Ann Lyth

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Gibraltar for five years. This was followed by two years of chaplaincy at Shorncliffe Camp. The Lyths had nine children, some of whom died in childhood (one died...

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Demobilisation of the British Armed Forces after the Second World War

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Barracks, Shorncliffe, Kent Western No. 1 Military Disembarkation Camp, Group H.Q. Hadrian's Camp Carlisle No. 4 Military Disembarkation Camp Unit No....

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Royal Flint Rifles

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until March 1807, then at Fort Pitt until March 1808. It was then at Shorncliffe Camp until September, and Hythe until December. In March 1809 it moved to...

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