Not Royal Regiment.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 9, 2004 ;     65 words ......stated in a recent report that troops from The Royal Regiment of Wales took part in the D-Day landings of June...happy to clarify that it was the forerunners of this regiment which took part in World War II. The regiment was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of two of Wales' most famous and ...

Letter: Wrong regiment.(Letters)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 2, 2008 ;     116 words ......As chairman of The Royal Welsh Regimental Association (Pontypool branch...with regard to the title of the Regiment at Isandhlwana in 1879. They were the 24th Regiment The Warwickshire Regiment (later to be renamed South Wales Borderers). The Welsh (Welch) Regiment were not ...

LAST POST FOR KING'S TROOPS; DEFENCE Secretary Geoff Hoon's announcement...

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  December 17, 2004 ;     534 words ...THE King's Regiment is the eighth oldest infantry regiment in the British Army. In 1685 the Duke of Monmouth organised a rebellion against King James II and the regiment was raised to assist the king in this struggle. The king...

Carson regiment in bases ringing southern Baghdad Worst injury has been...

The Gazette;  April 18, 2005 ;     555 words ...Fort Carson's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment has had a lucky first month at war. The regiment is patrolling the dangerous southern suburbs...compounds around Baghdad International Airport. The regiment made its full arrival in Iraq official on Wednesday...

`NO BETTER MEN' -- JUDGE ROZAK IS RESEARCHING 100TH REGIMENT

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  September 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Bartleson was killed while leading the 100th Regiment at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain in...researching the history of the 100th Regiment, which was made up of all Will County soldiers. He speaks and lectures about the regiment to local service clubs and school history...

Last-ditch effort to save regiment

The Northern Echo;  December 7, 2004 ;     442 words ......chiefs not to disband the region's famous regiment. Lieutenant General Sir Richard Dannatt...fate. The committee must decide which regiments to disband as part of the biggest defence...international terrorism, we would lose a regiment with vast amounts of experience and technical...

PREPARE TO MARCH: 7TH MARINE REGIMENT MARKS 89 YEARS OF HISTORY, HERITAGE;...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based 7th Marine Regiment, paused for a couple hours Aug. 14...included a cake cutting, a reading of the regiment's history and lineage, and comments from Col. W. Blake Crowe, the regiment's commanding officer. "Battle of Okinawa...

Departing 3rd ACR gets new commander Texas-bound regiment, sent twice to...

The Gazette;  June 30, 2006 ;     391 words ...The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment on Thursday held its last ceremony...rebuilding the unit in its new home. The regiment, which came to Fort Carson a decade...trek to Texas this month, but the regiment's move won't be completed until this...

Campaigners take regiment's fight to Minister

Yorkshire Post;  October 25, 2004 ;     435 words ......save the historic Duke of Wellington's Regiment from being merged with other units travel...Government plans to merge the Halifax-based regiment as part of a huge shake-up of the armed forces. Some 19 single-battalion infantry regiments are expected to be merged under the proposals...

Cornebise, Alfred Emile: The United States Fifteenth Infantry Regiment in...

History: Review of New Books;  March 22, 2005 ;     540 words ......The United States Fifteenth Infantry Regiment in China, 1912-1938 Jefferson, NC: McFarland...December 2004 The Fifteenth Infantry Regiment has an illustrious history dating back...with France in the 1790s. Although the regiment was deployed briefly to China in 1900...

Veterans back campaign to save Yorkshire regiment

Yorkshire Post;  October 9, 2004 ;     396 words ......served with a threatened West Yorkshire regiment during the Second World War yesterday...Former members of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment Jack Mitchell, 85, and 87-year-old Donald...Mitchell - spoke of their pride in the regiment. Cyril Mitchell said: "I am proud of...

UNITED KINGDOM: ROYAL BAPTISM FOR YORKSHIRE REGIMENT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2007 ;     486 words ......time the Duke, who is the Colonel in Chief of the Regiment, had met the 15-month-old unit since it formed, amalgamating three pre-existing Yorkshire Regiments. Regimental Secretary, Lieutenant Colonel David O'Kelly said...

The 69th regiment of New York

National Guard;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......citizens in New York City formed a militia regiment known locally as the Second Regiment of Irish Volunteers. On October 12, 1851, it...York State Militia and designated as the 69th Regiment. With the advent of the Civil War, the 69th...

"A just right to select our own officers": reactions in a Union regiment...

Civil War History;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The regiment is the family, wrote Gen. William T...apt one. In most of the thousands of regiments raised, North and South, community ties...confines of a few neighboring towns; regiments were frequently raised within the borders...

Family's protest at plan to merge local regiment

Yorkshire Post;  September 8, 2004 ;     401 words ......links to a threatened West Yorkshire regiment has started a campaign to safeguard its...after learning the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, based in Halifax, could be merged with...family were proud to sign-up to a local regiment. Two generations of Mrs Lister's family...