2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers
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title:
2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers
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The 2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers was a Volunteer unit of the British Army recruited in Gloucestershire from 1859. After becoming a Volunteer and later Territorial Force battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, it fought on the Western Front and in Italy during World War I. Its 1st Line battalion fought a last-ditch defensive action at the Piave and one of its number won a Victoria Cross in the closing weeks of the war. The 2nd Line battalion was involved in an epic rearguard action at
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Gloucestershire_Rifle_Volunteers
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2024-04-04T22:47:55Z
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