The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks (Bulawayo...
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light truck (nicknamed "Rodef 25"): some converted into technicals deployed by the Rhodesian Armoured Corps, Rhodesian SAS, Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)...
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The Rhodesian Security Forces were the military forces of the Rhodesian government. The Rhodesian Security Forces consisted of a ground force (the Rhodesian...
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Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security...
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The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was originally formed in 1961 as a regiment of the...
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the Rhodesian Light Infantry until Major Bruce Rooken-Smith reactivated the former Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment in 1972. During the Rhodesian Bush...
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Military history of Zimbabwe (redirect from Rhodesian Armed Forces)
fireball. The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) was at the forefront of the Rhodesian war. It was a regular army infantry regiment in the Rhodesian army, composed...
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"motorized/mechanized infantry". The Rhodesian Light Infantry was a regular regiment of the Rhodesian Army, unique in having the traditions of light infantry while serving...
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locally based regulars. The vast majority of the Rhodesian Army's foreigners joined the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), a heliborne commando regiment with a...
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Rhodesia in the presence of Governor General Lord Llewellin. The Rhodesian Light Infantry trooped their Colour for the only time on 27 July 1970 at Cranborne...
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The Troopie (category Rhodesian Light Infantry)
originally erected in Salisbury, Rhodesia and is dedicated to the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) as their regimental statue. The statue was cast from 700...
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The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) was a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although...
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Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security...
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Selous Scouts (redirect from Rhodesian Selous Scouts)
decline in the effectiveness of the SAS as well as the Rhodesian Light Infantry and Rhodesian African Rifles. The decline in the effectiveness and discipline...
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Cocks, Chris (June 2009) [1988]. Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (Fourth ed.). Johannesburg: 30° South Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9584890-9-6...
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White 2021, p. 174. Binda, Alexandre (2008). The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry. Johannesburg: 30° South Publishers. pp. 527–529. ISBN 978-1-920143-07-7...
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and trained they would form the nucleus of what was to become: 1 Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) and "C" Squadron SAS. In early 1961 six volunteers from the...
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Fireforce (category Rhodesian Bush War)
parachute infantry developed by the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. Regiments involved included the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)...
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core of white soldiers (and some units, such as the Rhodesian SAS and the Rhodesian Light Infantry, were all-white), by 1978–1979 the rest was majority...
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Charlie Aust (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
was a Rhodesian military commander. He was born in Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia and was the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)...
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Peter Walls (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
appointed to be the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. With the advent of global decolonisation, Southern Rhodesia came...
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Mathew Charles Lamb (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
Zimbabwe) for the rest of his life. He started his service in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, and won a place in the crack Special Air Service unit in 1975...
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Lionel Dyck (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
Southern Rhodesia. When he was 17, he joined the Rhodesian Army and was placed in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI). He was court-martialed and expelled from...
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princess. The flame lily was used on the regimental colours of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. It is also the state flower of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is...
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7 Independent Company (Rhodesia) (category Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces)
conditions of service as locals. Most foreign recruits enlisted in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), which launched an overseas recruitment programme in 1974...
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ISBN 978-0811707251. Chris Cocks (3 April 2002). Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (July 1, 2001 ed.). Covos Day. pp. 139–141. ISBN 978-1-919874-32-6...
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Operation Dingo (category Battles and operations of the Rhodesian Bush War)
by the Rhodesian Air Force's aging Canberra and Hunter strike aircraft, the camps were attacked. 96 Rhodesian SAS, 48 Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) paratroopers...
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trial and execution) probing ahead of a parachute infantry battalion of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, and up to 200 Special Air Service commandos. These...
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List of foreign volunteers (section Rhodesian)
volunteers and conscripts Rhodesian Light Infantry (initially all-Rhodesian, this unit became the "Foreign Legion" of the Rhodesian Army) Mahal – non-Israeli...
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Special Air Service Regiment". Rhodesian Army Association. Retrieved 9 June 2012. "Vale: Peter Walls". Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association. Retrieved...
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