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Military unit
The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1685 to 1959. In
Somerset_Light_Infantry
Military unit
The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry (SCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in October 1959 by the merger of the Somerset
Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry
Light infantry regiment of the British Army
the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. However, this was amalgamated with the Durham Light Infantry
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Duke_of_Cornwall's_Light_Infantry
Military unit
with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the Durham Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which in
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry
Light Infantry were transferred to the Green Jackets Brigade On 6 October 1959 the Somerset Light Infantry and the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry were
Light_Infantry_Brigade
Military installation in Taunton
of Cornwall's Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1959. After the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry moved out, the
Jellalabad_Barracks,_Taunton
Military unit
all of Britain's major wars. It later became a battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War, but was
2nd_Somerset_Militia
Oldest association football tournament in Asia
been inscribed was the Royal Scots Fusiliers, who beat the Highland Light Infantry by 2–1. In 1940 the tournament was relocated to the capital city of
Durand_Cup
Military unit
all of Britain's major wars. It later became a battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry and supplied thousands of recruits to the fighting battalions during
1st_Somerset_Militia
Military unit
Light Infantry, at Bath. 'A' (Somerset Yeomanry Light Infantry) Company at Bath was the successor to the North Somerset Yeomanry, while 'B' (Somerset
West_Somerset_Yeomanry
Military unit
raised in November 1942 by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry to parachute duties. It was initially assigned to the 3rd Parachute
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
7th_(Light_Infantry)_Parachute_Battalion
Military unit
Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry at Bath (joined 37th Indian Brigade and served in Mesopotamia) 5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton (joined
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division
Human settlement in England
1918) Private, Somerset Light Infantry-Machine Gun Corp. George Henry Smith (1884 - 29 June 1916) Lance Corporal, Somerset Light Infantry George L Thomas
Wellow,_Somerset
Military unit
of the Light Infantry Brigade (the KSLI, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry) amalgamated
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
King's_Shropshire_Light_Infantry
English playwright and actor (1896–1984)
hammer toe. In December 1915, he enlisted as a private with the Somerset Light Infantry, British Army. He saw active service in the war, sustaining several
Arnold_Ridley
Military unit
remaining light infantry regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade: Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry King's Shropshire
The_Light_Infantry
Former infantry regiment of the British Army
the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which
Durham_Light_Infantry
English cricketer and British army officer
commissioned a second lieutenant in the Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) on 16 February 1898, and was posted with the regiment's 2nd Battalion
Arthur_Paterson
Royal Welch Fusiliers 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion [1942–1948] – formed from 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 8th (Midlands) Parachute
List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
List_of_battalions_of_the_Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
his training he was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry of the British Army as a Second Lieutenant, and was later transferred
C._S._Lewis
British Army officer (1869–1916)
Army officer. He joined the militia battalion of Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) Regiment in 1889 and transferred to a regular battalion in 1892
Charles_Bertie_Prowse
English cricketer and British Army general (1886–1960)
He was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1905. He developed a career as a cricketer and played for Somerset and Devon. He served with the
Vivian_Majendie
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division during the First World War. Frith was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry on 28 January 1882. He served
Herbert_Cokayne_Frith
(born 1877) commanded 184 troops of the 1st garrison battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, at Amritsar in 1919. James Massey was born in 1877. He was at
James_W._Massey
British Army officer (1924–2019)
however, then posted to the 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, 129th Infantry Brigade, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, where he took over command of
Sydney_Jary
English cricketer
an Alderman for Somerset County Council and a governor for his former school. He served as a captain in the Somerset Light Infantry during the First
William_Donne_(cricketer)
English cricketer
first-class score was 15 in the 1907 game. A second lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry during the First World War, he was killed on the second day of
John_Hellard
an officer in the Somerset Light Infantry and its successor regiments (the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry and The Light Infantry) from 1955. He spent
John_Hemsley
English flying ace (1892–1954)
employee of the National Provincial Bank. After service in the Somerset Light Infantry at the start of the war, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps
George_Hackwill
English cricketer
No 10 in Somerset's only innings and made 15. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the fourth battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry in 1907
Richard_Selwyn_Payne
British Army general (1903–1985)
Mendip District, Somerset, Firbank entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry on 30 January 1924
Cecil_Firbank
British Army officer
brigade major of the 13th Infantry Brigade in 1933. He became a company commander with the 2nd Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, with promotion to major
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton
John_Harding,_1st_Baron_Harding_of_Petherton
English cricketer
served in the First World War as a captain in the Somerset Light Infantry, with attachment to the 20th (Light) Division in 1918. McDonald died in June 1961
Donald_McDonald_(cricketer)
British military officer (1920–2020)
shortly before the Second World War, he initially served with the Somerset Light Infantry in India. He subsequently volunteered for the Parachute Regiment
John Waddy (British Army officer)
John_Waddy_(British_Army_officer)
British Army general (1846–1916)
In 1877 he passed the Staff College and transferred into the Somerset Light Infantry, was promoted major in 1882 and brevet lieutenant colonel later
Henry_Hildyard
English cricketer
matches against university sides after 1910. Mordaunt joined the Somerset Light Infantry and in 1911 was on the staff of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Osbert Mordaunt (cricketer, born 1876)
Osbert_Mordaunt_(cricketer,_born_1876)
and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After World War II service with the Somerset Light Infantry he studied for ordination and began his career with a curacy at
Philip_Pasterfield
Battle in the Netherlands during WW2
(1951). The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), 1919–1945. Regimental Committee, Somerset Light Infantry. pp. 117–118. Retallack 1981
Battle of the Nijmegen salient
Battle_of_the_Nijmegen_salient
British Army officer (1932–2022)
was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1954. He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry in 1972. He went on to be
Barry Lane (British Army officer)
Barry_Lane_(British_Army_officer)
Topics referred to by the same term
Southwestern Louisiana Institute, of Liberal and Technical Learning, US Somerset Light Infantry, a former regiment in the British Army Sensory Logical Introvert
SLI
History of light infantry troops in the British army
Shropshire Light Infantry Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Somerset Light Infantry The Light Infantry Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry Royal
History of British light infantry
History_of_British_light_infantry
Scottish cricketer and soldier
College, Cambridge. Mackie served in the First World War with the Somerset Light Infantry, entering from the Cambridge University Officers' Training Corps
John_Mackie_(cricketer)
British flying ace (1896–1920)
commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) regiment on 19 October 1915. He joined the Royal Flying Corps
Alfred_Blenkiron
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1894-1979)
Having served in the British Army during the First World War in the Somerset Light Infantry and then Royal Flying Corps, Capel joined the Royal Air Force (RAF)
Arthur_John_Capel
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
College. In June 1911 he was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, a part of the Special Reserve of the British Army, resigning in
Arthur_Batten-Pooll
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
and a year later he went to war. Cairns was a lieutenant in The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), British Army, attached to the South Staffordshire
George_Albert_Cairns
English soldier and photographer
communist insurgents in the Malayan Emergency as a lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry. As a photographer, he took pictures of Prince Charles and Princess
Tom_Hustler
British Army general (1865–1945)
commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of lieutenant, into the Somerset Light Infantry on 30 January 1886. He was appointed an adjutant of his regiment
Walter_Braithwaite
Church in Somerset, England
listed building. The churchyard also contains a war grave of a Somerset Light Infantry soldier of World War I. In August 2007 the churchyard was excavated
St_Aldhelm's_Church,_Doulting
Military unit
Division. It was composed of four TF infantry battalions, the 4th and 5th of the Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), the 4th Battalion of the Dorsetshire
129th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
129th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)
Military unit
4th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles 114th Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry replaced by 2nd South Lancashire Regiment (PWV)
7th_Indian_Infantry_Division
the 13th Light Infantry. In 1855 William Napier left the England with the 1st Battalion, 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment
William_Napier_(VC)
English civil servant and explorer (1892–1950)
served in Belgium during World War I. He was commissioned in the Somerset Light Infantry in January 1916 and served in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) between 1916
Bertram_Thomas
County in South West England
Mines and the West Somerset Mineral Railway. Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1-899889-53-2. "Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)". Somerset Military Museum
Somerset
English footballer
Callaghan enlisted in the British Army. He served as a private in the Somerset Light Infantry and the London Regiment. Whilst maintaining an artillery gun, Callaghan
Tommy Callaghan (footballer, born 1886)
Tommy_Callaghan_(footballer,_born_1886)
Infantry division of the British Army
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
45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)
English Victoria Cross recipient (1882–1945)
December 1914 and was assigned as a private to the 8th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s). This battalion was actively engaged on the Western
Thomas_Henry_Sage
British television presenter (born 1938)
1956 to 1958 he did National Service as a junior officer in the Somerset Light Infantry, serving in Plymouth and Warminster. Snow was a foreign correspondent
Peter_Snow
British actor (1895–1953)
1917, as a subaltern with the 10th (Service) Battalion, of the Somerset Light Infantry Regiment, a home service battalion, with which he served as a training
Nigel_Bruce
English hotelier (1921 - 2010)
in Somerset. In 1940 Jackman enlisted in the Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard). He was then later permitted to join the Somerset Light Infantry as
Aubrey_Jackman
Politician from Northern Ireland
Tasmania. During World War I, he commanded the 8th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, then the 2nd and 13th Battalions of the Rifle Brigade. He left
Henry Richardson (Northern Ireland politician)
Henry_Richardson_(Northern_Ireland_politician)
British Army officer and businessman (1922–2013)
Regiment) at 17[citation needed] and was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in September 1941. He was seconded to the King's African Rifles
John_Nunneley
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
[citation needed] His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Somerset Light Infantry Museum, Taunton, Somerset. "War Office, 26th October 1858", The London Gazette
Patrick_Carlin
English cricketer
First World War, Goodland joined the territorial battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry and was promoted from second lieutenant to full lieutenant in 1916
Edward_Goodland
Anglican Archdeacon
Colin Percy Stannard (8 February 1924 – 4 August 2023) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Carlisle and a residentiary canon at Carlisle
Colin_Stannard
Military officer (1784–1873)
bought him a commission, dated 3 July 1800, in the 13th (Somersetshire) Light Infantry. He served in the demonstration against Ferrol, Spain, and in the expedition
Richard_Church_(general)
Irish army officer and politician (1667 – 1748)
James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore (1667 – 5 January 1748) was an Irish army officer and politician. The son of Richard Barry, 2nd Earl of Barrymore and
James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore
James_Barry,_4th_Earl_of_Barrymore
British Army general
School and the University of Oxford. He was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1911. He served in the First World War, spending most of it
John_Swayne
British Army general (1823–1915)
Cornwall's Light Infantry. Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Chetwynd-Stapylton was commissioned as an ensign in the 13th Light Infantry in June
Granville_Chetwynd-Stapylton
joined the army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 10 June 1915. Later he trained as a pilot, receiving Royal Aero
William_Mayes_Fry
British Army officer (1908–1999)
Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry, his father's regiment, in 1929. He joined the Special Operations
Richard_Hugh_Barry
GB & England international rugby league and union footballer
a forward. Walter Roman was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry in the Second Boer War and Cawnpore (Kanpur, India)
Walter_Roman_(rugby)
Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford, before serving with the Somerset Light Infantry and the General Staff of the 2nd Indian Division during World War
Aylmer_Vallance
English army officer
in May 1902; he retired in November 1903. He was colonel of the Somerset Light Infantry from May 1910 until his death in 1914. Parr, Henry Hallam (2008)
Henry_Hallam_Parr
British teacher and writer
brought up in Yeovil, Somerset, but proud of his Welsh descent. He served as a regular soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry during the Malayan Emergency
Michael Davies (Catholic writer)
Michael_Davies_(Catholic_writer)
British Army general
Defence of Jellalabad (London, 1846) Regimental History of the 13th Light Infantry. Robert Hamilton Vetch, "Sale, Robert Henry" in Sidney Lee (ed.). Dictionary
Robert_Sale
British Army general and explorer
1889. He subsequently accepted a Regular Army commission into the Somerset Light Infantry in October 1891 as a second lieutenant on augmentation. Made a
Cecil_Rawling
15 October 2019. House of Commons 1803, p. 237. "The Somerset Light Infantry; A History". Somerset.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved
George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
George_Hastings,_8th_Earl_of_Huntingdon
was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) regiment on 27 November 1915, and on 13 March 1916 he was transferred
Arthur_Britton
English cricketer and British Army officer
Somerset, England and died at Accra, Ghana. Bean went to school at Sherborne. A career soldier, he was commissioned in 1926 into the Somerset Light Infantry;
Leslie_Bean
British field marshal (1784–1875)
Robert Sale Colonel of the 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1846–1863 Succeeded by Philip McPherson Preceded by
William_Maynard_Gomm
English actor (1896–1976)
the Worcestershire Regiment, the Devonshire Regiment, and the Somerset Light Infantry. Fitzgerald made his professional stage bow in 1922 and his first
Walter_Fitzgerald
Codename for a proposed German WWII invasion
land border. 2nd Battalion, The King's Regiment 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 4th Battalion, The Black Watch (from July 1940) 4th Battalion,
Operation_Felix
English cricketer (1913–1994)
returned to Monkton Combe where he taught French. He served in the Somerset Light Infantry of the British Army during the Second World War before being commissioned
Thomas Watson (cricketer, born 1913)
Thomas_Watson_(cricketer,_born_1913)
he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) regiment on 11 November 1914. Holme was seconded to the Royal
Robert_Holme_(aviator)
Recipient of the George Cross
occupation is recorded as a Musician. He was commissioned into The Somerset Light Infantry in 1942, and was seconded to the Somalia Gendarmerie at the time
Simmon_Latutin
Cathedral city in Somerset, England
7 August 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009. "The Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry". British Light Infantry Regiments. Retrieved 1 February 2016.[permanent
Wells,_Somerset
British prince (1743–1805)
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (25 November 1743 – 25 August 1805), was a grandson of George II and a younger brother of George
Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Prince_William_Henry,_Duke_of_Gloucester_and_Edinburgh
British Conservative Party politician and architect (1880–1942)
Commission in October 1914, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battn. Somerset Light Infantry. He was in France in May, 1915 and served in the Ypres Salient
John_Courtauld
British Army general
end of 1822 transferred into the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry), then commanded by Major Robert Sale, and embarked on the General Kyd
Henry_Havelock
Prussian order of chivalry
performance during the 1902 visit of Prince Henry Lt.Col. E. H. Swayne, Somerset Light Infantry without swords Lt.Col. George Limbrey Sclater-Booth, 2nd Baron
Order_of_the_Red_Eagle
Infantry division of the British Army, raised 1939
British Infantry. Vol. 2. London: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 978-0-85052-422-2. Molesworth, George Noble (1951). The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince
61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)
during the First World War, rising to the rank of captain, with the Somerset Light Infantry. In 1923, Knyvett-Lee co-founded The Redfern Gallery with Anthony
Arthur_Knyvett-Lee
Coldstream Guards and was later a Captain in the 3rd Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry. He joined the Diplomatic Service and on 28 March 1902 succeeded
Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton, 5th Earl Temple of Stowe
Algernon_Temple-Gore-Langton,_5th_Earl_Temple_of_Stowe
British Indian Army general (1890–1968)
Military College, Sandhurst. Molesworth was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry as a second lieutenant in March 1910. After this time he served
George_Molesworth
Museum in Taunton, United Kingdom
The Somerset Military Museum was established to accommodate the collections of the Somerset Light Infantry and the Somerset Volunteers at the Somerset County
Somerset_Military_Museum
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
and a Major in the 1st Bn., 13th Regiment of Foot (later The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)), British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War when
William_Leet
British Army general
colonel of the Suffolk Regiment from 1918 to 1919 and colonel of the Somerset Light Infantry from 1919 to 1929. Snow became largely confined to a bath chair
Thomas Snow (British Army officer)
Thomas_Snow_(British_Army_officer)
Military unit
Cornwall's Light Infantry (from 6 September 1943) 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (from 6 September 1943) 9th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (6 —
214th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
214th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)
Welsh rugby footballer
club level rugby league (RL) for Mid-Rhondda, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I. Frank Wrentmore
Frank_Wrentmore
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