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- British_German_Legion abstract "The British German Legion (or Anglo-German Legion) was a group of German soldiers recruited to fight for Britain in the Crimean War. It is not to be confused with the King's German Legion, which was active during the Napoleonic Wars. Great Britain raised a British German Legion of two regiments of light dragoons, three Jäger Corps, and six regiments of light infantry; a British Italian Legion of five regiments of infantry, and a British Swiss Legion of three regiments of light infantry. At the end of the war, these soldiers were entitled to return to their country of origin at the public expense, although some, fearing a hostile reception at home, settled in the Cape of Good Hope.The leader of the legion was Major General Richard von Stutterheim (Baron Richard Carl Gustav Ludwig Wilhelm Julius von Stutterheim).The British government funded and gave material support to von Stutterheim to recruit soldiers into the legion. In March 1857 von Stutterheim began raising the legion by hiring 200 agents in Germany to recruit soldiers, focusing mostly on port cities. The recruiters would go to taverns, buy beer for young men and recruit them once they were inebriated. It is believed that Stutterheim was paid $40 for each recruit, paying $20 to each recruit and pocketing the other $20 thereby earning himself $120,000 in the process.In 1856, members of the legion were billeted at Barrack field in Colchester Garrison, where many married local women.It was disbanded near the end of 1856, having seen little or no military action due to the war having ended. Facing difficulties in repatriation by having served a foreign country, the majority of members of the legion were resettled in the Eastern Cape Colony, in South Africa. As a result, to this day there are place names of German origin in the area around King William's Town, including the town of Stutterheim.".
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- British_German_Legion wikiPageRevisionID "697468184".
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Colony.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Category:1856_disestablishments.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Category:19th-century_military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Category:Regiments_of_the_British_Army.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Colchester_Garrison.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Crimean_War.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink King_Williams_Town.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Kings_German_Legion.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Major_general.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Napoleonic_Wars.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Richard_von_Stutterheim.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink Stutterheim.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLink File:Bgl.jpg.
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLinkText "British German Legion".
- British_German_Legion wikiPageWikiLinkText "German Legion".
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- British_German_Legion subject Category:1856_disestablishments.
- British_German_Legion subject Category:19th-century_military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- British_German_Legion subject Category:Regiments_of_the_British_Army.
- British_German_Legion hypernym Group.
- British_German_Legion type Band.
- British_German_Legion type Disestablishment.
- British_German_Legion type Regiment.
- British_German_Legion type Unit.
- British_German_Legion comment "The British German Legion (or Anglo-German Legion) was a group of German soldiers recruited to fight for Britain in the Crimean War. It is not to be confused with the King's German Legion, which was active during the Napoleonic Wars. Great Britain raised a British German Legion of two regiments of light dragoons, three Jäger Corps, and six regiments of light infantry; a British Italian Legion of five regiments of infantry, and a British Swiss Legion of three regiments of light infantry.".
- British_German_Legion label "British German Legion".
- British_German_Legion sameAs Q1203327.
- British_German_Legion sameAs Duitse_Legioen.
- British_German_Legion sameAs Deutsche_Legion_(Krimkrieg).
- British_German_Legion sameAs m.0gjdt8v.
- British_German_Legion sameAs Q1203327.
- British_German_Legion wasDerivedFrom British_German_Legion?oldid=697468184.
- British_German_Legion depiction Bgl.jpg.
- British_German_Legion isPrimaryTopicOf British_German_Legion.