Sunderland Loyal Volunteers

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Sunderland Loyal Volunteers, militia regiment associated [1] with the City (formerly town as) of Sunderland in North East England. Manned batteries at the mouth of the River Wear during the Napoleonic Wars[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Sunderland: River, Town and People", G Milburn and S Miller (1989), Thomas Reed Publications, ISBN 978-0947637064
  2. ^ ""John Rain's An Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth", ed. Clay, Milburn and Miller (1984), Frank Graham, ISBN 978-0859831871