Somerset Light Infantry

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The Somerset Light Infantry was a historic regiment of the British Army, formed in the 18th century and noted for its service in numerous major conflicts including the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War, and both World Wars.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 2
7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
alliedUnit Cape Town Highlanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Nova Scotia Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCounty Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour Albuhera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Badajoz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buxar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nivelle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orthes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plassey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seringapatam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vittoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict American War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Seven Years' War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedFrom 13th Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ
honoraryDistinction Jellalabad, 1842 ⓘ
militaryUnitType light infantry ⓘ
motto Jellalabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTheatre Italian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
South African campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedIn Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalDepot Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMarch Prince Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quick March of the Somerset Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
line infantry ⓘ
successor Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King’s Shropshire Light Infantry → alliedWith → Somerset Light Infantry ⓘ
129th Infantry Brigade → componentUnit → Somerset Light Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
129th Infantry Brigade → componentUnit → Somerset Light Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
130th Infantry Brigade → composedOf → Somerset Light Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry