Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey The Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey was formed in 1337 and can claim to be the oldest regiment of the British Army, although, because it is a Militia regiment, and was disbanded for some years in the late 20th Century, it is not the most […]
Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot and the109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry). The 100th Foot was first raised in 1763 and the […]
Gloucestershire Regiment The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed “The Glorious Glosters”, the regiment carried more battle honours on their Regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment. Origins & early history The origins of the regiment lie in the regiment formed in Portsmouth in 1694 by Colonel […]
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath’s Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10 Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881, it became […]
Danske soldater i 1. verdenskrig ww2 DANFORCE badges Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II Records of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) On February 13, 1944 Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces, known also as SHAEF, replaced and absorbed the planning group called the Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Command, […]
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Danish Special Forces badges Contact: elprise@yahoo.dk Mærke for patruljesanitetsmand (The Star of Life) Livsstjernen (6/12) blev lavet og uddelt af Feltkirug Finn Wartburg der underviste på Patruljesanitetsmandskursus på Jægersborg Kaserne. Mærket blev tildelt første gang den 10/11/1989 efter endt kursus til 9 mand der var fordelt således: 2 fra Jægerkorpset, 2 fra Frømandskorpset, 2 fra SEP/ELK, […]