Dorsetshire and Wiltshire Fortress Royal Engineers
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Dorsetshire and Wiltshire Fortress Royal Engineers
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The Dorsetshire & Wiltshire Fortress Royal Engineers was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Engineers formed in 1908. It helped to defend the naval base of Portland Harbour during World War I and provided a detachment to serve with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front. Between the World Wars the unit took on the additional role of anti-aircraft searchlight defence and during World War II it was expanded into a full searchlight regiment that served during the Plymouth Blitz.
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British Territorial Army unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsetshire_and_Wiltshire_Fortress_Royal_Engineers
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2023-04-21T06:13:33Z
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