Royal Welch Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. It was founded in 1689 to oppose James II and the imminent war with France. The regiment was numbered as the 23rd Regiment of Foot, though it was one of the first regiments to be granted the honour of a fusilier title and so […]
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Introduction Like many other cavalry regiments formed in 1685, this unit was created by merging several existing troops of cavalry. It was established to shore up King James II’s powerbase in London less than a month after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion, but three years later it went over […]
Royal Warwickshire Regiment Previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot and The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1968, it was absorbed, with the other Fusilier regiments, into the four-battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The regiment traces its origins to the 17th century. In Holland in 1674 the government retained two regiments of English troops, two of Scots and one Irish. In 1685 […]
356: Arab Legion, Aden Protectorate Levies, RAF Armd Car Coy The Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF was a military unit of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) which was part of Habforce and Kingcol during World War II. Creation On 7 April 1922, “Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF” was formed at Heliopolis in the Kingdom of Egypt. The company was placed […]
The King’s Royal Hussars 1992-present The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) 1969-1992 14th/20th King’s Hussars 1922-1992 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) 1715-1969 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) 1715-1969 14th King’s Hussars 1715-1922 20th Hussars 1858-1922 14th King’s Hussars Other ranks’ collar badge, 14th King’s Hussars, 1900-04 NAM. 1964-04-85-21 Introduction Like many […]
Levies full story The Iraq Levies Badges and Insignia The Iraq Levies started life as a small unit of 80 horsemen called the Muntafiq Horse or Arab Scouts raised during the Great War. From the time of it’s first formation until it was formalised in 1919 it went under a number of names and its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]