Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade
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title:
Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade
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The Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade was a volunteer medical corps sent from Ireland to assist the French Army in the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War. At the time Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and parliament had passed the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 which, in most circumstances, prohibited British citizens from enlisting in foreign armies. As a non-combatant force the ambulance brigade was not covered by the act. Around 280 men joined the brigade which arrived in
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Irish_Ambulance_Brigade
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2023-07-05T13:47:23Z
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