• of London, and the Queen Victoria's Rifles were one of twenty six units brought together in this way. The Queen Victoria’s Rifles could trace their origins...
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    gallantry he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the first to be awarded to a Territorial Force officer. The Queen Victoria's Rifles (QVR) had arrived in Le Havre...
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    Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. Clark of Queen Victoria's Rifles was given the task, and on 15 May 1942 the Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps was born. Over the...
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  • The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a Primary Reserve regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces, based in Toronto. The regiment is part of 4th Canadian Division's...
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    simply, The Queen's Westminsters. On 1 May 1961, it was amalgamated with the Queen Victoria's Rifles to form the Queen's Royal Rifles. The regiment's...
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  • Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon (category Queen Victoria's Rifles officers)
    1953 with Queen Victoria's Rifles and from 1961 to 1970 its successor the Queen's Royal Rifles. He was appointed an ADC (TAVR) to the Queen in 1978. He...
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    she accepted. The choice of May as bride for the Duke owed much to Queen Victoria's fondness for her, as well as to her strong character and sense of duty...
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    ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1. Keeson, Maj C.A. Cuthbert The History and Records of Queen Victoria's Rifles 1792–1922, London: Constable, 1923/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press...
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    to other units in August 1937, the hall became the home of the Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps. On 30 November 1940, during the...
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  • Geoffrey Woolley (category Queen Victoria's Rifles officers)
    in the Queen Victoria's Rifles, the 9th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment of the British Army. The Queen Victoria's Rifles were posted...
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