68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
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Description: Formed in 1758 from a battalion of the 23rd Regiment of Foot. In 1782 they were renamed the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot. In 1808 they were renamed the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry). In 1881 they formed the Durham Light Infantry after amalgamting with the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Spionkop, Ladysmith, Colenso and Valkrantz and Pieters. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Italian, African and Greek fronts at battles such as the 1st battle of Ypres, Loos,Mount Sorrel, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Cambrai, Arras, Passchendaele, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), the advance in Flanders and Vittorio Veneto. During the Second World War they fought across the Wester, Italian, African and Far-Eastern fronts at battles such as Dunkirk, D-Day (Normandy landings) and the invasion of Italy. In 1968 they merged with The King's Own Yorkshire Infantry, the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry to form the Light Infantry. In 2007 they amalgamated with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets, forming The Rifles. Their nickname is The Faithful Durhams.
Military actions:
- Boer war: Colenso
- Boer war: Spionkop
- Boer war: Ladysmith
- Boer war: Valkrantz and Pieters
- WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
- WWI: Loos
- WWI: Mount Sorrel
- WWI: Somme (1916)
- WWI: Hindenburg Line
- WWI: Cambrai
- WWI: Arras
- WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
- WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
- WWI: Advance in Flanders
- WWI: Vittorio Veneto
- WWII: Dunkirk
- WWII: D-Day (Normandy landings)
- WWII: Invasion of Italy
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