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unusual facts about Foresters' Corps


Foresters' Corps

Foresters' Corps members continued to carry standard-issued weapons after 1869, when the Corps was officially transferred from the Imperial Army to the Ministry of State Property, thus becoming a "Militarized division"


Bis vs. the D.I.Y. Corps

"This is Fake D.I.Y." is an attack on the then popular practice of major labels using subsidiaries such as Indolent and Food to promote artists as independent or alternative.

Catholic Order of Foresters

On 30 July 1879, some members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Boston, Massachusetts, most of them Irish immigrants, desiring to have a Catholic fraternal insurance society, organized one on the plan of the "courts" of the Independent Order of Foresters and called it the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters.

Claude Lancaster

On 29 May, 9th Foresters were sent to reinforce the garrison at the fortified town of Bergues, 9 km south of Dunkirk.

Frasnes

Frasnes Hoard, unearthed in 1864 by foresters digging out the roots of a tree near Frasnes-lez-Buissenal

Free Foresters Cricket Club

The badge consists of two capital Fs wrapped in a Hastings knot, with the motto 'United though Untied', signifying that players are free to play for other clubs, and even play against Free Foresters.

Irish National Foresters

The Irish National Foresters' Benefit Society (Coillteoirí Náisiúnta na hÉireann in Irish) is an Irish friendly society.

Old Foresters F.C.

During this era, two Old Foresters players were selected to represent EnglandPercy Fairclough in 1878 and Fred Pelly, three times in 1893 and 1894.

Persian Socialist Soviet Republic

It was established by Mirza Koochak Khan, a leader of the Constitutionalist movement of Gilan, and his Jangali (Foresters Movement) partisans, with the assistance of the Soviet Red Army.

Portuguese Fireplace

In order to help with the timber production for the war, a Portuguese Army unit working for the Canadian Timber Corps helped the local population whilst local foresters were away fighting.

Richard Cholmondeley

In 1499, Cholmeley and his younger brother Roger were appointed Constables of Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire and Stewards of the Honour and Foresters of the Royal Forest.

The Grey and Simcoe Foresters

Foresters are a very old form of infantry finding its antecedents in Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest.

XII Corps

XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I

XIII Corps

XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I


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