by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks. It was formed in 1939 and amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps in 1993. Pioneer units performed a wide variety of tasks in all theatres of war, including...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment), frequently known as the Yorkshire Regiment until the 1920s, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, in the King’s Division. Raised in 1688, it served under various...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. Signals units are among the first into action, providing the battlefield communications and information...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, which is recruited from five of the counties that formed the ancient kingdom of Mercia. Known as ‘The Heart of...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. History The regiment was formed on 10 July 1968 as a large regiment by the amalgamation of the four remaining light infantry regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; pronounced phonetically as “Reemee” with stress on the first syllable) is a corps of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the British Army uses. History Prior to...
