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Territorial Army

British  

noun

  1. Full name: Territorial and Volunteer Reserve.  (in Britain) a standing reserve army originally organized between 1907 and 1908

"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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He previously worked for British Steel and was in the Territorial Army, serving for 18 months as a Gunner with 104 Air Defence Regiment at Raglan Barracks Newport.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

He set world records at 40 and 100 miles - to go with his Territorial Army 110-mile march record set in 1959.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2022

A company of the 107 Territorial Army - a volunteer reserve force of the Indian Army - had been deployed to protect the construction site at the time the landslide took place.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2022

Pankaj Kavidayal, a rescue official, said 21 of the confirmed 26 dead were members of the Territorial Army.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

For almost a week we stayed like that, bunked up with various members of the Territorial Army.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff

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