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 […]
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 […]
1st King’s Dragoon Guards The 1st King’s Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1685 as The Queen’s Regiment of Horse, named in honour of Queen Mary, consort of King James II. It was renamed The King’s Own Regiment of Horse in 1714 in honour of […]
341: British Infantry C-D Cheshire Regiment The Cheshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. The regiment was created in 1881 as part of the Childers reforms by the linking of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot and the militia and rifle volunteers of Cheshire. The […]
Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland. History The regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 by the amalgamation of the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment – which became the 1st battalion of the new regiment – and the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, which became […]
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UK Medals 9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers was raised at Wrexham on the 9th of September 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Second New Army and joined 58th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division. They trained at to Tidworth, spending the winter in billets in Basingstoke, they returned to Tidworth in March 1915 for final training […]
Life Guards The Life Guards (LG) is the senior regiment of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry, along with the Blues and Royals. History The Life Guards grew from the four troops of Horse Guards (exclusively formed of gentlemen-troopers until the transformation of the last two remaining troops into Regiments […]
Foreign Forces in UK in ww2 Belgium, Netherland etc Badges Belgiun, Netherland, Luxemburg, Norway, Denmark,
Foreign Forces in UK in ww2 Polish Forces in the West