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The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) 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 War , World War I , World War II and Korean War .
The 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ('The Shropshire Gunners') was a unit of the Royal Artillery, raised by the British Army during World War II.First raised as infantry of the 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry from the Welsh Borders, it was converted to the field artillery role, serving in a Scottish formation in the North West Europe campaign in which it was the first ...
The enlarged district was disbanded on the formation of HQ Land Command in 1995, [10] when Copthorne Barracks then became headquarters of the 5th Infantry Division from 1995 until the division was disbanded in 2012. [11] The King's Shropshire Light Infantry museum was first established at Copthorne Barracks but moved to Shrewsbury Castle in ...
Throughout the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–45 the division had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, including 2,000 killed, and "The PBI - poor bloody infantry - in 159 Brigade suffered the worst. The 3rd Monmouthshires lost 292 killed, 4th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 271, the 1st Herefords 223." [11]
Includes soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry regiment of the British Army and its predecessors, the 53rd Foot and the 85th Foot. Pages in category "King's Shropshire Light Infantry soldiers"
Universal Carriers of the 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry pass through the burning village of Levern, 4 April 1945. Divisional units continued toward the Osnabrück canal. After crossing via a captured bridge, it moved towards the Weser, reached by leading elements near Stolzenau on 5 April.
In 1939 he was recalled to the army following the outbreak of the war and quickly rose through the ranks to become a regimental sergeant major in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. In 1940 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and eventually rose to be a major in 1942, at which time he took over command of 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion ...
King's Shropshire Light Infantry soldiers (23 P) Pages in category "King's Shropshire Light Infantry" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.