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The Somerset
Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) |
crest and tie
by A. Melville-Brown |
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| 1685.06.20 | Earl of Huntingdon's
Regiment of Foot also known until 1751 by the names of other colonels |
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| 1751.07.01 | 13th Regiment of Foot | |
| 1782.08.31 | 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1822.12.25 | 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) | |
| 1842.08.26 | 13th (1st
Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot (named for Prince Albert, The Prince Consort) |
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| 1881.07.01 | Prince Albert's
Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment) reorganised as the county regiment of Somersetshire, encompassing also its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] |
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| 1881.12.13 | Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) | |
| 1912 | Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) | |
| 1921.01.01 | The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) | |
| 1959.10.06 | amalgamated with The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, to form The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry | |
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The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) (Somerset Military Museum) | |
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The Somerset Light Infantry, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
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S.L.I. throughout the years..., by Lenny Warren. | |
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A Brief History of the Regiment, 1685-1801, by Gerald Hughes. | |
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The Somerset Light Infantry, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War). | |
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The Somerset Light Infantry, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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| 36th Brigade Depot at Taunton [1873-1881] | ||
| 13th Regimental District at Taunton [1881-1921] | ||
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| J Group at Farnborough [1946-1948] | ||
| Light Infantry Brigade at Strensall [1948-1959] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1685-1959] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1858-1948] | ||
| Militia and Special Reserve: | ||
| 3rd Battalion (1st Somerset Regiment of Militia) [1881-1953] | ||
| 4th Battalion (2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia) [1881-1908] | ||
| Territorials and Volunteers: | ||
| 1st Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 2nd Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 3rd Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 4th Battalion [1908-1959] | ||
| 5th Battalion [1908-1947] | ||
| Hostilities-Only Units (First and Second World War, including T.A. duplicates): | ||
| 2/4th Battalion (Pioneers) [1914-1919]
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| 4th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1919]
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| 2/5th Battalion [1914-1920]
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| 5th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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| 6th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 6th Battalion [1939-1950] |
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| 7th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 7th Battalion [1939-1947] |
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| 8th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 8th (Home Defence) Battalion
[1939-1941] |
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| 9th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 9th Battalion [1940-1944] |
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| 10th (Home Service) Battalion
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| 10th Battalion [1940-1942]
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| 11th Battalion [1917-1919]
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| 11th (Holding) Battalion [1940-1940]
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| 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Battalion [1917-1919] | ||
| 13th (Service) Battalion [1918-1919]
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| 30th Battalion [1941-1946]
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| 50th (Holding) Battalion [1940-1940]
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| Gibraltar
1704-5, Dettingen,
[Egypt]1,
Martinique 1809,
Ava, Ghuznee
1839, Affghanistan 1839, [Jellalabad]2,
Cabool
1842, Sevastopol,
South Africa 1878-9,
Burma 1885-87,
Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
The Great War (20 battalions): Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 18, Aisne 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915 17 18, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Hooge 1915, Loos, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916 18, Albert 1916 18, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre 1916 18, Arras 1917 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 18, Arleux, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Soissonais-Ourq, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Courtrai, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917 18, Tigris 1916, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1916-18, N.W. Frontier India 1915 Afghanistan 1919Second World War: Odon, Caen, Hill 112, Mont Pincon, Noireau Crossing, Seine 1944, Nederrijn, Geilenkirchen, Roer, Rhineland, Cleve, Goch, Hochwald, Xanten, Rhine, Bremen, North-West Europe 1944-45, Cassino II, Trasimene Line, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Capture of Forli, Cosina Canal Crossing, Italy 1944-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, NorthArakan, Buthidaung, Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma 1943-44 1. the Sphinx badge superscribed "Egypt". |
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| Badges: | The Sphinx superscribed "Egypt"; A Mural Crown superscribed "Jellalabad" | |||||||
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| Uniform: | ?-1843:
scarlet; facings: yellow 1843-1953: scarlet; facings: blue 1953-1959: dark green tunic, blue trousers; facings: blue; piping: white headdress:
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| 1921.01.24 | F.M. HM King George VI | |
| 1685.06.20 | Col. Theophilus (Hastings), 7th Earl of Huntingdon | |
| 1688.12 | Col. Ferdinando Hastings | |
| 1695.03.13 | Col. Sir John Jacob | |
| 1702.03.15 | Lt-Gen. James (Barry), 4th Earl of Barrymore | |
| 1715.07.28 | Col. Stanhope Cotton | |
| 1725.12.25 | Gen. Lord Mark Kerr | |
| 1732.05.29 | Brig-Gen. John Middleton | |
| 1739.07.05 | Gen. Hon. Harry Pulteney | |
| 1766.06.25 | F.M. HRH William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester & Edinburgh, KG | |
| 1767.12.16 | Gen. Hon. James Murray | |
| 1789.06.05 | Gen. George Ainslie | |
| 1804.07.11 | Gen. Alexander Campbell [also 32nd Foot, 116th Hldrs, 7th West India Regt] | |
| 1813.02.15 | Gen. Edward Morrison | |
| 1843.12.15 | Maj-Gen. Sir Robert Henry Sale, GCB | |
| 1846.03.10 | F.M. Sir William Maynard Gomm, GCB | |
| 1863.08.15 | Maj-Gen. Philip McPherson | |
| 1864.02.03 | Gen. Philip Spencer Stanhope | |
| 1880.02.22 | Gen. Lord Mark Ralph George Kerr, GCB | |
| 1900.05.18 | Lt-Gen. Sir John William Cox, KCB | |
| 1901.10.03 | Maj-Gen. Edward Lutwyche England, CB | |
| 1910.04.05 | Maj-Gen. Sir Henry Hallam Parr, KCB, CMG | |
| 1914.04.05 | Maj-Gen. Richard Lloyd Payne, CB, DSO | |
| 1919.08.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow, KCB, KCMG | |
| 1929.07.30 | Gen. Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, GCB [AG 1927-31; Gov. R Hospital 1931-38] | |
| 1938.10.20 | Maj-Gen. Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie, CB, DSO | |
| 1947.10.15 | Lt-Gen. Sir George des Reaux Swayne, KCB, CBE | |
| 1953.04.13 | F.M. Sir John (Harding), 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC [continued 1959 in Somerset & Cornwall LI; also Life Gds; Hon. Col. N Somerset Yeo; CIGS; Gov. & C-in-C Cyprus 1955-57] | |
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Victoria Crosses [13th Regiment], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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Victoria Crosses [Somerset L.I.], by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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VCs in the Somerset Light Infantry Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart. | |
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Casualty Roll for the Zulu and Basuto Wars South Africa 1877-79 1st Bn. 13th Foot, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
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Officers who died in the Boer War 1899-1902, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
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Somerset Roll of Honour, 1914-18, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
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CANLOAN Roster, Second World War, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
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Diary of Edgar John Dungey, 1918 (prisoner of war), by Bill Dungey. | |
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Leonard Warren, 1915-1919, by Lenny Warren. | |
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| Freedoms: | Taunton (14 May 1946), Bath (3 Apr. 1948), Wells (25 Apr. 1956) | ||
| Marches: | quick: Prince Albert's March | ||
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The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry | 1910-1936 | |
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The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) | 1936-1959 | |
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13th Battalion (The Macquarie Regiment) | 1929-1951, 1954-1959 |
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Col. Pulteney's Regiment (13th Foot) [1740-60] (Lace Wars) | |
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Col. Pulteney's Regiment (13th Foot) [1740-60], by Gerald Hughes. | |
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Col. Pulteney's Regiment (13th Foot) [1740-60] (Histrenact listing) | |
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HQ Coy, 7th (L.I.) Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division [WWII; Tennessee] | |
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A Coy, 7th (L.I.) Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division [WWII; Florida] | |
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B Coy, 7th (L.I.) Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division [WWII; Carolinas] | |
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Somerset Military Museum, Taunton (Museum site) | |
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Somerset Military Museum, Taunton (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Somerset Military Museum, Taunton (Simonides listing) | |
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Regimental Chapel, Taunton, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
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Regimental Chapels, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore | |
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The Light Bob gazette. | |
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Bibliography, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young) | |
