How do regiments work?

Usually, the regiment is responsible for recruiting and administering all of a soldier’s military career. Depending upon the country, regiments can be either combat units or administrative units or both. This is often contrasted to the “continental system” adopted by many armies.

Who commands a regiment?

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The armed cavalry and ranger forces of this size are called regiments or groups, not brigades. Commanders of brigades or regiments are one-star brigadier generals or colonels.

Did the Grenadier Guards fight at Waterloo?

The Regiment fought during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, but it was during the Peninsular War in 1815 at the battle of Waterloo they gained their present title and undying fame by defeating the Grenadiers of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard and granted the title of Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.

Has anyone received 2 Victoria Crosses?

Only three people have received the Victoria Cross twice, and of these, two were surgeons – Arthur Martin-Leake FRCS and Noel Chavasse MRCS.

When was the 28th Regiment of Foot raised?

The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881.

Where did the 28th Regiment fight at Waterloo?

In 1815 the 28th fought at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo, becoming the only English infantry regiment to be mentioned by name in Wellington’s Waterloo Despatch. The regiment spent the two decades after 1815 in the Mediterranean, Ireland and England.

When did the 28th Regiment become the Gloucestershire Regiment?

On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment. Archive material of the 28th Regiment of Foot is held by The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in the Historic Docks Gloucester.

Where did the 28th fight in the Revolutionary War?

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) saw it fighting at Fontenoy (1745) in Flanders and in raids on the French coast. The Seven Years War (1756-63) took the 28th to Canada. There it fought at Louisburg (1758) and Quebec (1759) where Major-General James Wolfe stationed himself with the regiment on the Plains of Abraham.