The Isle of Man Volunteers was a battalion of the British Army formed during the 1860s and disbanded in 1920. A battalion is a Military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 During its existence, the battalion had the distinction of being the only representative of the Isle of Man in the British Army. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
It was formed in 1860 as the 2nd Isle of Man Rifle Volunteer Corps during the height of a perceived threat of invasion by France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. One of four such corps formed in the Isle of Man, the unit was attached to the 15th and 64th Lancashire RVC in the 1870s, then renumbered the 1st in 1880. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G
In 1881, the unit was incorporated into the King's (Liverpool Regiment) as the 7th (Isle of Man) Volunteer Battalion. The King's Regiment (Liverpool was one of the oldest Infantry Regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th A detachment of nine men accompanied the 6th King's to South Africa during the Second Boer War. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans:
When the Territorial Force was established in 1908, all but one of the volunteer battalions joined. The Territorial Army ( TA) is the principal and Volunteer reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces branch of the United Kingdom The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act was not extended to the Isle of Man, thus the 7th Battalion remained as the last volunteer force unit in the British Army.
The battalion was attached to the West Lancashire Division at the beginning of the First World War and was initially employed on guard duties. The British 55th (West Lancashire Infantry Division was a Territorial Force division which served on the Western Front during the First World War World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A service company was formed in 1915 and attached to the 16th King's. The company later transferred to the 3rd Cheshires and served with the 2nd Cheshires in Salonika. The Cheshire Regiment was an Infantry Regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia
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External links last verified on 22 March 2006
- Regiments.org - Isle of Man Volunteers
- isle-of-man.com - The island's contribution to the fighting forces
- The Long Long Trail (1914-18)
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