The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in October 1959 by the merger of the Somerset Light Infantry and the Duke of Cornwall's Light
Badge of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
Queens Colours
Regimental Colours
Baron Harding of Petherton
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the Second Boer W
Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
…1963–1968: Maj-Gen. Cecil Llewellyn Firbank, CB, CBE, DSO, DL 1968: Regiment amalgamated with The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry and The Durham Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry…
Regimental cap badge of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
Officers of the 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry with skulls excavated during the construction of trenches and dugouts at the ancient Greek site of Amphipolis, 1916.
Men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry queue for their rations at a rest camp in Holland, 26 October 1944.
Men of the 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry march back from the front line for a four-day rest, 26 October 1944.