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unusual facts about flying column



Defence Scheme No. 1

According to the plan, Canadian flying columns stationed in Pacific Command in western Canada would immediately be sent to seize Seattle, Spokane, and Portland.


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Ballylifford

He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and later the 3rd Western Division Flying Column of the Irish Republican Army.

Essex Regiment

In March 1921 at Crossbarry in County Cork, the Essex regiment encircled the IRAs "West Cork Flying Column" with 1,200 troops and soon managed to expose a company sized element of the IRA.

Tom Kelleher

He took part in various engagements of the West Cork Flying Column during the Irish War of Independence, notably the Crossbarry Ambush in March 1921.