11th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire)
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11th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire)
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The 11th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire) was a 'Pals battalion' raised in Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely for 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. It served on the Western Front from January 1916 until the Armistice, seeing action at the Somme – where it was virtually destroyed on the first day – Arras, Ypres, against the German spring offensive when it defended Henin Hill, in the Battle of the Lys and the final Battle of the Selle.
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_(Service)_Battalion,_Suffolk_Regiment_(Cambridgeshire)
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2024-03-08T06:38:35Z
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