The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (French: Bataillons d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique or BILA), better known under the acronym Bat' d'Af', were...

following battalions saw action during the war - East Africa – 2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 3/5th Mahratta Light Infantry Italy – 1/5th Mahratta Light Infantry...

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....

amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigade. Originally consisting of four battalions, it was later reduced to three battalions, and finally amalgamated...

(Light Infantry) and the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), forming the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1...

Foot (Light Infantry) and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) became the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Durham Light Infantry. Both already...

The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. The regiment was created...

is honorific: two of the battalions are mechanized infantry and the unit has never been organized as a traditional light infantry regiment. The PPCLI...

units or battalions that historically held a skirmishing role have kept their designation "light infantry" for the sake of tradition. The concept of a skirmishing...

The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until...

employers of penal battalions. The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (Bats d'Af) was formed by order of Louis Philippe I in 1832 for the purpose of expanding...

Battalion (sometimes nicknamed Buffalo Battalion, Three-two battalion or Portuguese: Os Terríveis for The Terrible Ones) was an elite light infantry battalion...

Rifle Volunteer Battalions were renamed as Volunteer Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry retaining their Administrative battalion numbers. The 3rd...

21 South African Infantry Battalion is an infantry battalion of the South African Army. The unit has its origin as 21 Battalion, an apartheid era unit...

South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army. With its establishment as 1 SA Infantry Training Battalion at Oudtshoorn...

amalgamation of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot and the 85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot, which became the regular 1st and 2nd Battalions. The...

The 90th Light Infantry Division was a light infantry division of the German Army during World War II that served in North Africa as well as Sardinia and...

an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular battalion was...

Mechanised Infantry – 6 battalions Motorised Infantry – 14 battalions Light Infantry – 3 battalions Parachute Infantry – 1 battalion Air Assault Infantry – 2...

8 South African Infantry Battalion is a mechanized infantry unit of the South African Army. The battalion is equipped with Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicles...

The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks (Bulawayo...

merger of two regiments: the Somerset Light Infantry and the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Immediately before amalgamation the 1st Battalions of these...

The Herefordshire Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1861 to 1967. The regiment had no lineal connection with...

sixteen regular battalions and nine volunteer battalions, and is headquartered at the Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda. The origins of the regiment goes...

7 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army. 1973: 7 SAI was established on 1 October, at Bourke's Luck,...

This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War. Pre-war Territorial...

2 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army. 2 SAI was established on 1 January 1962, at Walvis Bay an enclave...

Yorkshire Light Infantry. During the Second World War, the battalions served in all three fronts (Europe, North Africa and Asia-Pacific). The 1st Battalion, a...

Light Infantry to form a new large regiment to be called The Rifles. The new regiment came into existence in 2007. The Colours of the 1st Battalion were...

Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. During the 1970s, 1980s and onwards up until the end of “The Troubles”, the battalions were deployed to various parts of Northern...