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T.F.
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Regiments
and Corps...
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As
our domain name suggests, regiments are the raison d'�tre of this
web site, our goal being to catalogue essential information about every
regiment. What are regiments and corps? See our Dictionary
of Unit Nomenclature for definitions. The main feature of this section
is:
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- Regimental pages for every regiment
of the Empire and Commonwealth. Each page contains snapshot information
such as title changes and lineage, battalion service histories, battle
honours, badges, lists of colonels, alliances, bibliographies, etc.
as well as links to "every" known regimental page on the internet
(official, historical, biographical, re-enactment, etc.). Several
features are cross-referenced to other sections of the site. For example,
the battle honours for each regiment are linked to war pages which give
more information about the context of the battles and their wars.
When perusing these pages for information, it is important to follow
a regiment through its various mergers in order to obtain complete contextual
and bibliographic information. This
site is designed to help you trace the changes in designations of regiments,
and the complexities of their lineages. See, for example,
The York and Lancaster Regiment of the
British Army. As of 2004 there are well over 2,000 such "snapshot"
pages for regiments.
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- Introductions to the regimental system
of various nations, explaining the historical context for raisings and
disbandments and the impact of the evolution of warfare on regiments.
See, for example, Introduction to British
Regiments.
- Indexes of all the regiments of
the Empire and Commonwealth. National and regional indexes include
most common title variations, and these link to dedicated pages for
each regiment. See, for example, Numeric
Index of Canadian Regiments.
- Lists of regiments in order of
precedence at different times in history. These pages help place
a regiment in the context of the times, and where it fit in the overall
army structure. See, for example, Regiments
and Corps of the Indian Army in 1947.
- Abbreviations of Land Force Units in the Empire
and Commonwealth, from AAC to Y&L.
- Dictionary of Unit Nomenclature,
from airborne to yeomanry.
- Precedence of Regiments and Corps,
an explanation of the rules for the placement of units on the battlefield
and on parade.
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table below is the gateway to all regimental pages and indexes on this site. |
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