Battlefields Trust South West Region Quiz
Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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1. Whose invasion of England began with a landing at Torbay?
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2. The battle of Torrington was fought between the Royalists and Parliament's New Model Army on 16 February 1646. What effectively brought it to an end?
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3. In September 1473 John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, seized this place and held it for five months against the forces of Edward IV. Where was it?
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4. Which battle of 1644 concluded with the surrender of much of the Earl of Essex's Parliamentarian army?
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5. In April 1944 an American D-Day training exercise ended in disaster when it was attacked by a force of German S-Boats. Where did this happen?
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6, Which rebellion saw a battle fought at Sampford Courtenay in West Devon?
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7. From which castle was this photograph (above) taken?
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8. Which battle, fought on 16 May 1643, confirmed Royalist control of Cornwall and destroyed the main Parliamentarian field army in the South West?
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9.  In the 1440s and 1450s two leading Devon families were involved in a violent and sometimes murderous struggle for local power. One was the Bonville family, who was the other?
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10. On 18 April 1651 this beach (above) was the scene of heavy fighting. Where is it?
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