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British Light Infantry Regiments
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Light_Infantry_Regiments
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature
light equipment
bugle calls instead of drums
green or dark uniforms (in some regiments)
increased marksmanship training
open order formations
skirmishing tactics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Light Infantry Regiments
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Crimean_War
gptkb:Napoleonic_Wars
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Peninsular_War
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:The_Light_Infantry
gptkb:95th_Rifles
gptkb:The_Rifles
gptkb:43rd_(Monmouthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)
gptkb:52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)
gptkb:68th_(Durham)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)
gptkb:85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)_(Light_Infantry)
gptkbp:originatedIn
18th century
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Peninsular_War
gptkb:British_Army_regimental_system
British military history
skirmishers
rifle regiments
Napoleonic Wars tactics
line infantry regiments
gptkbp:role
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Durham_Light_Infantry
gptkb:King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry
gptkb:Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry
gptkb:Green_Jackets_Brigade
gptkb:The_Light_Infantry
gptkb:Royal_Green_Jackets
gptkb:The_Rifles
gptkb:Somerset_Light_Infantry
gptkb:King's_Shropshire_Light_Infantry
gptkb:Light_Infantry_Brigade
gptkb:Shropshire_Light_Infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Light_Infantry
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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