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== Chronology == | |||
*'''1685''' raised as the Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1688''' became Hasting's Regiment | |||
*'''1752''' became the 13th Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1782''' became the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1822''' became the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry) | |||
*'''1841''' became the 13th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Light Infantry | |||
*'''1881''' became Prince Albert's (Somersetshire) Light Infantry | |||
*'''1959''' amalgamated with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. | |||
*'''1968''' amalgamated with three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade to form The Light Infantry | |||
*'''2007''' amalgamated with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets to form a single, large regiment to be named The Rifles | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/sli/somerset_index.htm Somerset Light Infantry]<br>[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/scli/scli_index.htm Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry Somerset Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/sli/somerset_index.htm Somerset Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/scli/scli_index.htm Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.org.uk | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] |
Revision as of 16:28, 6 May 2009
Chronology
- 1685 raised as the Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot
- 1688 became Hasting's Regiment
- 1752 became the 13th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1822 became the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry)
- 1841 became the 13th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Light Infantry
- 1881 became Prince Albert's (Somersetshire) Light Infantry
- 1959 amalgamated with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry.
- 1968 amalgamated with three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade to form The Light Infantry
- 2007 amalgamated with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets to form a single, large regiment to be named The Rifles
External Links
Somerset Light Infantry Wikipedia
Somerset Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.org.uk
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry Wikipedia
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.org.uk