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The RNR was originally a reserve of seamen only, but in 1863 was extended to include the recruitment and training of reserve officers. From its creation, RNR officers wore on their uniforms a unique and distinctive lace consisting of stripes of interwoven chain. Members of the Royal Naval Reserve training at Tramore, County Waterford, c. 1905
The reserve was more than doubled in 1863, with an extension of 25,000 acres south and east of the river proclaimed on 7 August 1863. The Reserve then encompassed the districts of Loganlea, Waterford, Logan Reserve, Logan Village, Buccan, Chambers Flat, Stockleigh and parts of Maclean (now North Maclean and South Maclean) and Park Ridge.
Waterford Heath south Changing Places, a sculpture on the north heath by Andrew McKeown Waterford Heath is a 35.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Waterford in Hertfordshire , England. It is owned by Lafarge Tarmac and managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust together with East Hertfordshire District Council and Lafarge.
In 2021 it was reported that the Naval Service would acquire four motor launches to be built by FM Marine Services Ltd for the Naval Service Reserve. [9] The 30 tonne boats are due to have a crew of four and can be armed with two general purpose machine guns. The boats are planned to be based at Dublin, Cork, Waterford, and Foynes/Limerick. [10]
The Army Reserve is a part-time, voluntary organisation established on 1 October 2005, whose members round out regular army units. The Army Reserve is present at the following locations: [10] 1st Brigade, in Cork [11] C Company, 1st Infantry Battalion, in Clifden; D Company, 1st Infantry Battalion, in Galway [12] E Company, 1st Infantry ...
Fenor Bog was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 2004, [1] becoming County Waterford's first national nature reserve. [2] The bog was purchased by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) and Moin Fhionnurach Development Association (MFDA) in June 1999 to protect the area from further decline.
Owned by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council [3] it was designated as Waterford's first National Nature Reserve in 2004. During the 2016 heatwaves in Ireland, Fenor Bog suffered a major natural wildfire incident that was contained by the Waterford Fire Department, leaving some of its area permanently burned. [citation needed]
On the night of 18–19 March 1921, IRA volunteers of the West Waterford flying column ambushed a British military convoy at the Burgery, about a mile and a half northeast of Dungarvan. The convoy included Black and Tans and a Royal Irish Constabulary Sergeant, named Michael Hickey. [ 2 ]