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2. Coldstream Guards - Wikipedia

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   Unlike the other four regiments of foot guards, which recruit from each of the four home nations, the Coldstream Guards has a specific recruiting area, which encompasses the counties that Monck's Regiment passed through on its march from Coldstream to London. The traditional recruiting area of the Coldstream Guards is the South West and North ...

3. 32-foot Transportable Port Security Boat - Wikipedia

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   32 ft Transportable Port Security Boat (TPSB) Builders: Kvichak Marine Industries: Operators: United States Coast Guard: Preceded by: 25 ft Transportable Port Security Boat: General characteristics; Displacement: 11,306 lbs: Length: 9.95 metres (32 ft 8 in) Beam: 2.59 metres (8 ft 6 in) Draft: Min 1’9”, Max 3’ Propulsion

4. French Imperial Army (1804–1815) - Wikipedia

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   The French "Levée en masse" method of conscription brought around 2,300,000 French men into the Army between the period of 1804 and 1813. [4] To give an estimate of how much of the population this was, modern estimates range from 7 to 8% of the population of France proper, while the First World War used around 20 to 21%.

5. Border guards of the inner German border - Wikipedia

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   Individual border guards did not know until the start of their shift with whom they would be working that day. If a guard attempted to escape, his colleagues were under instructions to shoot him without hesitation or prior warning. [7] Much of the work of the border guards focused on maintaining and scrutinising the border defences.

6. Deception Peak - Wikipedia

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   Deception Peak is located within Garibaldi Provincial Park on the southeast side of Garibaldi Lake, [5] and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains. [1] It is situated 72 km (45 mi) north of Vancouver, 1.51 km (1 mi) west of The Sphinx, and 1.28 km (1 mi) southeast of Guard Mountain. [1]

7. Gargoyle - Wikipedia

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   Gargoyles of Notre-Dame de Paris Dragon-headed gargoyle of the Tallinn Town Hall, Estonia Gargoyle of the Vasa Chapel at Wawel in Kraków, Poland. In architecture, and specifically Gothic architecture, a gargoyle (/ ˈ ɡ ɑːr ɡ ɔɪ l /) is a carved or formed grotesque [1]: 6–8 with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing it ...