by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. History The regiment was formed on 9 June 1959 after defence cuts implemented in the late 1950s saw the amalgamation of the Royal Berkshire...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) is an infantry regiment of the line within the British Army. It recruits throughout the North West of England. History The regiment’s formation was announced on 16 December 2004...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with the Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)....
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King’s Division.In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC; sometimes pronounced acronymically as /ˈræk/, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps to which all women in the British Army except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains (who belonged to the same corps...
by Tony Foran | Jan 8, 2018 | British Army, British Military, Military
The Royal Welch Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. It was founded in 1689 to oppose James II and to take part in the imminent war with France. The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment...
