Highland Light Infantry
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The Highland Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers i
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Troops of the Highland Light Infantry resting by the roadside on the way up to attack, 24 September 1917.
Gravestones of HLI soldiers who died in the First World War in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Gaza City
Lorries carrying men of the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry towards the front line, 9 June 1942.
Royal Scots Fusiliers
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The Royal Scots Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1678 until 1959 when it was amalgamated with the Highland Light Infantry to form the Royal Highland Fusilie
Highland Light Infantry
…was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which later merged with the Royal Scots Borderers…
The Battle of Bothwell Bridge, which the regiment fought in
The Battle of Malplaquet, at which the regiment's colonel was killed
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
1848 illustration of the regimental colours