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Territorial Army

British

noun

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

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In the last parliament only two Labour MPs had military service - Dan Jarvis, who served 16 years in the Parachute Regiment, and Clive Lewis who reached the rank of Lieutenant in the Territorial Army.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024

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

All of the confirmed dead were members of the volunteer Territorial Army, state chief minister N. Biren Singh said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Seven of the confirmed dead were members of the Territorial Army, state chief minister N. Biren Singh said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 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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