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The regiment was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire). [1]It was the only regiment in the British Army whose members were permitted to wear a cap badge on both the front and the rear of their headdress.
The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. The regiment was one of four 'large' regiments formed after the 1966 Defence White Paper through the amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigade .
British Army: Type: Line Infantry: Role: Army Reserve Light Infantry: Size: Battalion 471 personnel [1] Part of: 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland: Garrison/HQ: Headquarters in Perth: Nickname(s) 7 SCOTS: Motto(s) Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity) March: Quick - Scotland the Brave Slow - The Garb of Auld ...
The Light Infantry Volunteers was a short lived Territorial Army infantry regiment of the British Army, that existed from 1967 to 1972, composed of companies from the Light Infantry regiments. In 1972, it was re-designated as 5th Battalion, The Light Infantry , serving as such until amalgamation in 1999.
Traditionally, rifle regiments wore rifle green tunics, an early form of camouflage, instead of the red jackets worn by line infantry, hence the regimental name. [ 7 ] The cap badge was a Maltese Cross , which was drawn from the badges of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and The Rifle Brigade , with a combination of some of their battle honours on ...
Pages in category "Light Infantry regiments of the British Army" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
3rd or Royal Westminster Middlesex Militia (Light Infantry) 4th Battalion, The Rifles; 5th Battalion, The Rifles; 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles; 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot; 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot; 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)
The Infantry of the British Army comprises 49 infantry battalions, from 19 regiments. Of these, 33 battalions are part of the Regular army and the remaining 16 a part of the Army Reserve. The British Army's Infantry takes on a variety of roles, including armoured, mechanised, air assault and light.