Brecknockshire Battalion
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Brecknockshire Battalion
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The Brecknockshire Battalion was a Welsh unit of the British Army's auxiliary forces. First raised in 1859, it became a Volunteer Battalion of the South Wales Borderers. During World War I it served in garrison at Aden, where it was engaged in the Battle of Lahej. It was amalgamated with another battalion in the 1920s but regained its independence in time for World War II, when it served in home defence and supplied reinforcements to the forces fighting overseas. Postwar it was reformed as a lig
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecknockshire_Battalion
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2024-04-02T16:32:34Z
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