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Cambridgeshire
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Note: All entries in this colour cover other areas as well as Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely and can be regarded as general historic information.
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1901 |
Seventh National Census carried out. Under the 100 year rule details will be publically available in 2002. |
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1905 |
Frederick Henry Chase made Bishop of Ely |
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1908 |
Under the Haldane Reforms a closer integration of the Volunteers with the Regular Army was instigated creating the Territorial Force. The Cambridgeshire Militia was one of 23 battalions to be disbanded. |
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1908-14 |
The 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion The Suffolk Regiment becomes the 1st Battalion The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF). |
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1911 |
Eighth National Census carried out. Under the 100 year rule details will be publically available in 2012. |
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1914 |
Start of World War I. |
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1914-19 |
The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF) incorporates: 1/1st Battalion; 2/1st Battalion (disbanded 1918); 3/1st Battalion - 1915-1917; 4/1st Battalion - 1915-1917; The Depot. |
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1918 |
End of World War I. |
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1920-45 |
The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF) becomes The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) incorporating: 1st Battalion; 2nd Battalion - raised 1939. |
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1921 |
Ninth census of the whole of England and Wales carried out. Under the 100 year rule details will be publically available in 2022. |
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1924 |
Leonard Jauncey White-Thomson made Bishop of Ely |
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1931 |
Tenth census of the whole of England and Wales carried out. Under the 100 year rule details will be publically available in 2032. |
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1934 |
Bernard Oliver Francis Heyward made Bishop of Ely |
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1939 |
Start of World War II against Germany. |
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1941 |
Japanese
join World War II. Harold Edward Wynn made Bishop of Ely |
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1945 |
End of World War II against Germany and Japan. |
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1947-55 |
The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) becomes 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA). |
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1955-56 |
The 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) becomes the 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Parachute Light Regiment RA (TA). |
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1956-61 |
The 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Parachute Light Regiment RA (TA) becomes the 1st Battalion The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA). |
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1957 |
Noel Baring Hudson made Bishop of Ely |
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1961-71 |
The 1st Battalion The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) becomes The Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF). |
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1964 |
Edward James Keymer Roberts made Bishop of Ely |
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1971-92 |
The Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF) becomes the D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment. |
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1977 |
Peter Knight Walker made Bishop of Ely |
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1990 |
Stephen Whitefield Sykes made Bishop of Ely |
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1992-95 |
The D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment becomes the D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment. |
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1995-onwards |
The D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment becomes the D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment. |
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