Great Britain

Prince Albert’s Light Infantry

The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Kingdom of England
 
1685: Earl of Huntingdon’s
Regiment of Foot
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1688: Ferdinand Hasting’s
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1695: John Jacob’s
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1702: Earl of Barrymore’s
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Edward Fox’s
Regiment of Marines
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Jacob Bor’s
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1706: Pearce’s
Regiment of Dragoons
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1707: Kingdom of Great Britain
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1707: Earl of Barrymore’s
Regiment of Foot
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Jacob Bor’s
Regiment of Foot
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1715: Stanhope Cotton’s
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Charles Dubourgay’s
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1725: Mark Kerr’s
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1732: John Middleton’s
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Thomas Paget’s
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Simon Descury’s
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1739: Harry Pulteney’s
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John Huske’s
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John Price’s
Regiment of Foot
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1742: ranked as 13th Foot
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ranked as 32nd Foot
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ranked as 57th Foot
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Henry Skelton’s
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Thomas Murray’s
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William Douglas’s
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Francis Leighton’s
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ranked as 46th Foot
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1751: 13th Regiment of Foot
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32nd Regiment of Foot
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46th Regiment of Foot
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2nd Battalion raised
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2nd Battalion → 71st Regiment of Foot
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13th-Foot
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32nd-Foot
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46th-Foot
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1782: 13th (1st Somersetshire)
Regiment of Foot

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32nd (Cornwall)
Regiment of Foot

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46th (South Devonshire)
Regiment of Foot

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2nd Battalion raised
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1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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2nd Battalion disbanded
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2nd Battalion raised
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2nd Battalion disbanded
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1822: 13th (1st Somersetshire)
Regiment of Foot
(Light Infantry)

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1842: 13th (1st Somersetshire)
(Prince Albert’s Light Infantry)
Regiment of Foot

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1858: 2nd Battalion raised
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32nd (Cornwall)
Regiment of Foot
(Light Infantry)

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13th Foot
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32th Foot
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46th Foot
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layout
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32th Foot
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layout
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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layout layout
1881: 1st Battalion,    2nd Battalion, 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion,
The Somersetshire Regiment
(Prince Albert’s Light Infantry)
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Prince Albert’s Light Infantry
(Somersetshire Regiment)
see also the Militia Battalions
and the Volunteer Battalions
The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
see also the Militia Battalion
and the Volunteer Battalions
Somersetshire
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Duke-of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry
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1881: Prince Albert’s
(Somersetshire Light Infantry)

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1912: Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry)

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SLI
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DCLI
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1920: The Somerset Light Infantry
(Prince Albert’s)

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1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1948: 2nd Battalion disbanded
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2nd Battalion disbanded
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1948:
part of
The Light Infantry Brigade
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part of
The Light Infantry Brigade
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layout layout
1959: 1st Battalion,
The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
Light-Infantry
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1968: 1st Battalion,
The Light Infantry
part of
The Light Division
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Light-Infantry
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1993: disbanded
 

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