Swansea Rifles
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swansea-rifles-294-6191683
title:
Swansea Rifles
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The Swansea Rifles, later the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion of the Welch Regiment, was a Volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 to 1954. It fought on the Western Front in the First World War. As a searchlight unit in the Second World War it defended South Wales against air raids. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army (TA) as a heavy anti-aircraft artillery regiment until amalgamated with other Welsh units in 1954.
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Rifles
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2023-09-18T00:17:32Z
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