naval division


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Noun1.naval division - a group of ships of similar typenaval division - a group of ships of similar type  
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naval unit - a military unit that is part of a navy
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The reason I ask, is that I have recently had published my book 'Father and Son, Volunteers both World Wars 1 and 2' in which my grandfather, Charles Cecil Arkin enlisted with Jack Ashburn in the Royal Naval division, Divisional Engineers in February 1915.
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He worked with the Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division before being moved to the 9th Welsh.
Heartache of family ripped apart by war; The tragic tale of a south Wales family, featured in a new World War I book, epitomises the terrible sacrifices of a generation. Katie Gupwell reports
Above: British soldiers in France show off their humour with a poster stating Hotel De Ritz, circa 1916 Left: British officers cook a casserole in an army helmet 1917 Right: Charge by Naval Division on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, 1915 Below, left: Lord Kitchener (second right) seen here on a tour of the trenches in the Dardanelles with General Maxwell (second left).
Mud, blood & bullets; Filthy conditions, grinding tedium and the constant threat of attack. These rare photographs capture the horrors of the trenches during the First World War
These rare photographs capture the horrors of the trenches during the First World War Above: British soldiers in France show off their humour with a poster stating Hotel De Ritz, circa 1916 Left: British officers cook a casserole in an army helmet 1917 Right: Charge by Naval Division on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Below, left: Lord Kitchener (second right) seen here on a tour of the trenches in the Dardanelles with General Maxwell (second left).
Mud, blood & bullets
In April 1916, the authorities decided to bring the troops of the Royal Naval Division back to France, and at the same time command of the Division was transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office, being redesignated as the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on 19 July 1916.
Taken to hospital but died from his wounds; The whole line was deluged with shells
The maritime area of CPEC at the tip of Baluchistan in Gwadar will be guarded by naval division 'Task force 88'.
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James served with the Royal Naval Division, a land-based formation consisting of a surplus of naval recruits who came forward after war was declared.
Farewell to a hero; WW1 sailor receives full military burial 101 years after death
One South Shields man who died at Gallipoli was Lieutenant Commander Wallace Annand who was killed on June 4 ,1915, leading the Collingwood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division.
VIP ceremony will mark centenary of South Shields war hero's death; The Australian High Commissioner to the UK will travel to South Shields to honour the "Man with a Donkey" John Simpson Kirkpatrick
His great-grandfather was Able Bodied Seaman Thomas Otto Hartshorn, of Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division.
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He was employed by Messrs Harland and Wolff Ltd, in their chair department, and on the outbreak of the war joined the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Full of life, of fine physique, a keen cyclist and footballer, he was a general favourite with all he came in contact with.
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He volunteered for the Public Schools' ("D") Company of the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division in December 1914.
Born with a silver spoon that can deflect bullets in his mouth

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