Queen Victoria's Rifles
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The 9th Battalion, London Regiment was a Territorial Army infantry battalion of the British Army. The London Regiment was formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in
1st Middlesex Rifle volunteers (Victoria and St George's), 1897
Group of officers of the 9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Men of the 9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) leaving Hyde Park on a route march in December 1914.
Hill 60 (Ypres): Memorial to the Queen Victoria's Rifles
Siege of Calais (1940)
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The siege of Calais was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne, just before Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of th
Queen Victoria's Rifles
…but, due to an error, their motor cycles and sidecars were left in England. Although understrength and ill-equipped, they fought in the desperate siege of Calais between 23 and 26 May, which bought valuable time for the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to be evacuated from Dunkirk. Suffering very heavy losses…
A destroyed British gun and Bren carrier on the side of a road outside Calais.
Panzer IV in France, 1940
A German soldier in Calais stands next to a knocked-out vehicle with destroyed houses in the background.
Damage inflicted on Calais by German artillery.