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The Durham Light Infantry: (the 68th and 106th Regiments of Foot) (Famous regiments) by William Moore; Brian Horrocks is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Durham Light Infantry: (the 68th and 106th Regiments of Foot) (Famous regiments) about?

Regimentet oprettedes 1756 som 23. fodregiment "The Royal Welsh Fusiliers". Ved Cardwell's hærreform tilførtes regimentet det 106. fodregiment, da alle regimenter dengang skulle have to bataljoner, hvoraf den ene skulle gøre tjeneste i udlandet. Under 1. Verdenskrig fik regimentet ofte meget svære opgaver, hvorunder hele bataljoner blev udslettet. Det mistede ialt 12.000 mand og modtog 7 Victoriakors. Og under 2. Verdenskrig var regimentet en del af de brigader, der vandt kampen ved El Alamein, ligesom at dets 2. bataljon udmærkede sig i 1942 ved Kohima i Burma. I 1968 blev det forenet med hele tre andre regimenter: "The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry", "The King's Shropshire Light Infantry" og "The King's Own Yorkshire Infantry", som derved dannede "The Light Infantry Regiment"

Author

William Moore; Brian Horrocks

Publisher

Leo Cooper

Published

1975

Language

EN

ISBN

9780850521498

Subjects

Military, Government_military