The 45th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, formed just prior to the start of the Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Germany as a significant milit
Men of the division firing a Bren light machine gun during training.
Members of the division scale an Essex cliff during training
Somerset Light Infantry
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The Somerset Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1685 to 1959. In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the Duke of Cornwall's Li
45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
…the 4th, the 6th, and the 8th Battalions, Devonshire Regiment (DR); the 135th Infantry Brigade was made up of the 5th, the 6th, and the 7th Battalions, Somerset Light Infantry; and the 136th Brigade consisted of the 9th Battalion, DR, and the 4th and the 5th Battalions, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. To denote the association…
The regimental cap badge
The Earl of Huntingdon, the founder of the regiment
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1771 painting of a regimental grenadier (first from left) in Minorca