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355: Swedish Regiments badges

Posted by on Sunday, 27 February, 2011

 


353: 40 years in the Danish Armed Forces etc

Posted by on Monday, 21 February, 2011

I Højerupgaardslægten, 1698-1919 Højerupgaardslægten 1970-2000 Højerupgaardslægten 1960-1969 Højerupgaardslægten 1950-1959 Højerupgaardslægten 1940-1949 Højerupgaardslægten 1930-1939 Højerupgaardslægten 1918-1929 40 years in the Danish Armed Forces etc


352: Søværnet, Royal Danish Navy

Posted by on Friday, 18 February, 2011

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348: Lommeskjolde Pocket badges

Posted by on Friday, 18 February, 2011

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351: 9th Queens & 12th Royal Lancers to: 9th/12th Royal Lancers (1715)

Posted by on Friday, 18 February, 2011

9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) 1960-present 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1715-1960 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) 1715-1960   9th Queen’s Royal Lancers  Introduction The unit was initially raised at Bedford by Owen Wynne to oppose the First Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. Initially raised as dragoons or mounted infantry, they became Light Dragoons in […]


350: The Sussex (1701) & Middlesex (1741) Regiment

Posted by on Friday, 18 February, 2011

Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms bu the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot and the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry). Its lineage is continued today by the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. The Royal Sussex Regiment 1881 […]


347: The Loyal North Lancashire (1741) & York & Lancaster (1756)

Posted by on Friday, 18 February, 2011

  York and Lancaster Regiment The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. History It was formed on 1 July 1881 through the amalgamation of two regiments of foot and a militia regiment: 65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment 3rd West York Light Infantry Militia […]


346: The Norfolk (1685) & Suffolk Regiment (1685)

Posted by on Friday, 18 February, 2011

 Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment, originally formed as the Norfolk Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The Norfolk Regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as the county regiment of Norfolk. It was formed from the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot[note 1] and covered the local militia and rifle […]


345: Royal Irish Rifles, Ulster Defence Corps, North Irish Brigade

Posted by on Tuesday, 8 February, 2011

Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Ulster Rifles (formerly Royal Irish Rifles) was a British Army infantry regiment. It saw service in the Second Boer War, Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968. History The regiment’s history dates backs to the reign of […]


344: 3rd & 6th Dragoon Guards, 3rd Carabiniers, Scots Greys, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Posted by on Thursday, 13 January, 2011

  3rd Dragoon Guards The 3rd (Prince of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards in 1922. The regiment was first raised as the Earl of Plymouth’s Regiment of Horse in 1685, by […]