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Inniskilling

British  
/ ˌɪnɪsˈkɪlɪŋ /

noun

  1. the former name of Enniskillen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Inniskilling Dragoons and Fusiliers both fought in the battle and helped to turn the tide of European history as the Duke of Wellington beat Napoleon.

From BBC May 30, 2015

"We want people to realise, first of all, the significance of the battle, the role that these Inniskilling men played, the significant role," he said.

From BBC May 30, 2015

She had come with her classmates to see for the first time, the grave of her great-grandmother's husband, Pte Speers, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed on 16 May 1915, aged 31.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2013

He found the former with the Coldstream in Africa, and with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers more recently.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I was lying wounded when an artillery major picked me up and took me into camp, or I would never have seen England again," writes Lance-Corporal J. Preston, Inniskilling Fusiliers.

From Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters by Kilpatrick, James Alexander

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