Infantry war

Title: Set Of Rand Light Infantry Badges. Info: SADF. 1 x Larger badge and 2 x smaller badges for beret and jackets. The Rand Light Infantry (RLI) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve unit or United States Army National Guard unit. Origin. The history of this Regiment dates back to the Transvaal Cycle Corps, which was formed in Johannesburg on 1 October 1905 from the Bicycle Section of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment. A small section of this unit subsequently took part in the suppression of the Bambata Rebellion in Zululand. After its return from this conflict the unit recognised the possibilities of mechanisation and members of the Regiment manufactured three armoured cars, creating a motorised fighting unit. This led to the renaming of the unit in 1909 to the Transvaal Cycle and Motor Corps. On 1 July 1913 the Regiment was renamed the 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force of the Union Defence Force. Simultaneously, the unit was converted to a normal infantry regiment. The Regiment's Pretoria detachment was transferred to the 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment). World War One. During World War I the Regiment took part in the South-West Africa, suffering light casualties – only two dead and eleven wounded. In 1932 the Regiment was renamed the Rand Light Infantry. World War Two The RLI was mobilized for World War II in June 1940 and gained fame in North Africa where it took part in many front line engagements and earned battle honours at Bardia, Gazala and El Alamein. (See 1st SA Infantry Division) After the defeat of Rommel’s Afrika Korps, the RLI returned to South Africa and was merged with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles. The remaining members of the Regiment were trained in armour, and sent as reinforcements to the South African 6th Armoured Division in Italy. Wikipedia. Height: 34cm. Width: 35cm. Condition: Very Good. Price: R 395.00 Inc Vat for all Three Badges.

Title: Set Of Rand Light Infantry Badges. Info: SADF. 1 x Larger badge and 2 x smaller badges for beret and jackets. The Rand Light Infantry (RLI) is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve unit or United States Army National Guard unit. Origin. The history of this Regiment dates back to the Transvaal Cycle Corps, which was formed in Johannesburg on 1 October 1905 from the Bicycle Section of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment. A small section of this unit subsequently took part in the suppression of the Bambata Rebellion in Zululand. After its return from this conflict the unit recognised the possibilities of mechanisation and members of the Regiment manufactured three armoured cars, creating a motorised fighting unit. This led to the renaming of the unit in 1909 to the Transvaal Cycle and Motor Corps. On 1 July 1913 the Regiment was renamed the 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force of the Union Defence Force. Simultaneously, the unit was converted to a normal infantry regiment. The Regiment's Pretoria detachment was transferred to the 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment). World War One. During World War I the Regiment took part in the South-West Africa, suffering light casualties – only two dead and eleven wounded. In 1932 the Regiment was renamed the Rand Light Infantry. World War Two The RLI was mobilized for World War II in June 1940 and gained fame in North Africa where it took part in many front line engagements and earned battle honours at Bardia, Gazala and El Alamein. (See 1st SA Infantry Division) After the defeat of Rommel’s Afrika Korps, the RLI returned to South Africa and was merged with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles. The remaining members of the Regiment were trained in armour, and sent as reinforcements to the South African 6th Armoured Division in Italy. Wikipedia. Height: 34cm. Width: 35cm. Condition: Very Good. Price: R 255.00 Inc Vat for all Three Badges.

* ORIGINAL*  KOREAN WAR:  U.S.  SOLDIER'S PERSONAL EFFECTS (179th INFANTRY REGIMENT).   THIS LOT CONSISTS OF THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF A MR.  CLAYTON E. WALLER,  OF OKLAHOMA  IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.   MR. WALLER WAS A MEMBER OF THE 179th INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL GUARD - HAVING SEEN EXTENSIVE ACTION DURING THE KOREAN WAR (1950 - 1953).  THE 179th , OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE   "TOMAHAWKS " WERE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST NORTH KOREAN & CHINESE COMMUNIST FORCES.   THE 179th INFANTRY REGIMENT  (In Omnia Paratus) ENGAGED IN THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS DURING THE KOREAN WAR:   SECOND KOREAN WINTER KOREA, SUMMER - FALL 1952 THIRD KOREAN WINTER KOREA, SUMMER 1953.   MR.  CLAYTON E. WALLER WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL w/   STAR DEVICE FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN:   THE FIRST U.N.  COUNTER OFFENSIVE (25 JAN. - 21 APR. 1951) THE KOREAN DEFENCE,  SUMMER-FALL (1 MAY - 30 NOV. 1952) KOREA, SUMMER (1 MAY - 27 JUL. 1953)   THE UNITED NATIONS (U.N.) MEDAL.     THE LOT CONTAINS:   A PAIR OF MILITARY ID "DOG TAGS" PROVIDING THE FOLLOWING: NAME, NATIONAL GUARD FORCE NUMBER, T50 (YEAR OF TETANUS SHOT), BLOOD GROUP AS   'B'  & NO RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE.   KSM RIBBON BAR WITH CAMPAIGN STAR DEVICE. 2 x UN KOREA MEDAL RIBBON BARS. 2 x 179th INFANTRY EPAULETTE BADGES. 6 x U.S. ARMY  COLLAR BADGES.   A RARE & MUCH SOUGHT AFTER COLLECTION OF GENUINE PERSONAL EFFECTS BELONGING TO A MEMBER OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES WHO ACTIVELY ENGAGED THE COMMUNIST FORCES DURING THE CONFLICT ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA.  AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISCERNING COLLECTOR TO OBTAIN A CRUCIAL PIECE OF MILITARY HISTORY THAT HAS SHAPED PAST AND CURRENT WORLD EVENTS.     FOREIGN BIDDERS TO PAY USING BOB BUCKS - QUOTED SHIPPING  NO COLLECTIONS PAYMENT IN 7 DAYS OR SNC SEE SHIPPING OPTIONS.      

Fireforce is the compelling, brutal but true account of Chris Cocks service in 3 Commando, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, during Zimbabwes bitter civil war of the 70sa war that came to be known almost innocuously as the bush war.  Fireforce, a tactic of total airborne envelopment, was developed and perfected by the RLI, together with the Selous Scouts and the Rhodesian Air Force. Fireforce became the principal strike weapon of the beleaguered Rhodesian forces in their struggle against the overwhelming tide of the Communist-trained and -equipped ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas. The combat strain on a fighting soldier was almost unbelievable, for the Rhodesians, who were always desperately short of ground troops, were sometimes obliged to parachute the same men into action into as many as three enemy contacts a day. While estimates of enemy casualties vary, there seems little doubt that the RLI accounted for at least 12,000 ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillasbut not without cost. Fireforce is not for the squeamish. Although it has been written with unforgettable pathos and humour, it tells of face-to-face combat in the bush and death at point-blank range. It is a book which does nothing to glorify or glamorize war, for as Chris Cocks found at such a young age, war is merely a catalogue of suffering, destruction and death. Fireforce has been described by critics as being to the Rhodesian War what All Quiet On The Western Front was to World War I and Dispatches was to Vietnam. Read it it will be an experience you never forget. PAPERBACK, 368 PAGES WITH 160 COLOUR & B/W PHOTOS, SKETCHES & MAPS  Published: 2007

 MOUNTED INFANTRY AT WAR Capt. STRATFORD St LEGER Boer-War Sketches; Hardcover; Galago Books 1986;              ISBN 0 947020 22 5; No. of Pagrs;274  Note;First published as " WAR SKETCHES IN COLOUR " by A & C Black 1903. This edition is reproduced as a facsimilie  by Galago Books 1986. Condition; Book and d/j;  Very (very) good  - no damage and no writing added. a very clean copy.   POSTAGE  / Shipping (within S A) For postage via SA PO (please add under  option 1)   please add R60.00 or  PREFERABLY via Postnet to Postnet for a total weight not exceeding 5kg then add R100.00. (Note with the P/Net option addit books may be included up to 5kg) or via PAXI  which is via the PEP Store branch network  - delivery around 9 days  Please add R55.00  under Option 1 and also add "  via Pep " in the Notes.   Buyers from outside of SA   can request a Postal quotation. Collection / drop off may be arranged fpr Pietermaritzburg, Hilton or Howick. Boer war South Africa history Anglo boer war  

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     TITLE:  BOER WAR SKETCHES MOUNTED INFANTRY AT WAR BY CPT. STRATFORD ST LEDGER DESCRIPTION:  HARDCOVER VERY GOOD AS PER PHOTO  FEEDBACK:   I TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL ITEM IS RECEIVED BY THE WINNING BIDDER PRIOR TO POSTING FEEDBACK. THIS ALLOWS BOTH PARTIES TIME TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH ANY GIVEN TRANSACTION. POSTAGE:  PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD R52 POSTAGE TO TOTAL AMOUNT             

Mounted Infantry at War - Boer War Sketches By: Capt. Stratford St Leger A reproduction hardcover published by Galago in 1986 Green cover boards with white writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, previous owners stamp on second page, dustjacket is complete clean & bright Packaging and Postage within South Africa R60.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

Buy Mounted Infantry at War: Boer War Sketches St. Leger, Stratford foreword Peter Stiff for R200.00

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Condition As Per Scans.WORLD WAR ONE 4th SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY SAI CLOTH FLASH  There does not appear to be any information written in a book as to the 4th SAI Cloth Flash used in World War One. I have also consulted various dealers on this matter, all have not been able to identify it. As this flash came with a 4th SAI Cap badge, 4th SAI Shoulder Title and 4th SAI Shoulder Title Numerical(which are being sold separately), I am calling this a 4th SAI Cloth Flash  .If any one has documentation with regards to this flash, I would great appreciate any information  PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS                

  FIREFORCE One Mans War In The Rhodesian Light Infantry by Chris Cocks Soft cover in v/good condition. 1 st Edition 1988 Galago FOR FULL DETAILS OF THIS BOOK AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS PLEASE CONTACT THE SELLER Africana / Military / War / Guerrillas / National liberation movements / Rhodesia / Zimbabwe / Rhodesiana / South Africa /Suid-Afrika / Afrikaans / Geskiedenis / History / 

1913 first edition hardcover with 326 pages in good antiquarian condition. R60 postage in SA. Has been rebound on spine with new endpapers. Compiled from the correspondence of Colonel Samuel Rice C.B. K.H. 51st Light Infantry and from other sources by Lt.-Col. A.F. Mockler-Ferryman. This is a first-hand account of the life of a regimental officer during the Napoleonic War from 1793-1815. It is compiled from the correspondence of Colonel Samuel Rice, C.B., K.H. of the 51st Light Infantry (The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), and from other sources. Chapters include: Studying for the Army. Ensign of the 51st. The Attack on Corsica. Corsica Won and Lost. From the Mediterranean to Ceylon. The Reform of the Army. The Corunna Campaign, and After. Campaigns of 1811 in the Peninsula. Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Salamanca and Madrid. Driving the French Out of Spain, 1813. The Close of the Peninsular War. The Waterloo Campaign. Paris - and Peace.

Condition As Per Scans.WORLD WAR ONE 4th SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY SAI CLOTH FLASH  There does not appear to be any information written in a book as to the 4th SAI Cloth Flash used in World War One. I have also consulted various dealers on this matter, all have not been able to identify it. As this flash came with a 4th SAI Cap badge, 4th SAI Shoulder Title and 4th SAI Shoulder Title Numerical(which are being sold separately), I am calling this a 4th SAI Cloth Flash  .If any one has documentation with regards to this flash, I would great appreciate any information  PLEASE NO FOREIGN BIDDERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES !  SHIPPING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA ONLY !  SOLD AS IS      

2006. Fourth edition. Soft cover; 306 pages.  Very good condition. Under 1kg. Fireforce is the compelling, brutal but true account of Chris Cocks’ service in 3 Commando, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, during Zimbabwe’s bitter civil war of the ’70s—a war that came to be known almost innocuously as ‘the bush war’. ‘Fireforce’, a tactic of total airborne envelopment, was developed and perfected by the RLI, together with the Selous Scouts and the Rhodesian Air Force. Fireforce became the principal strike weapon of the beleaguered Rhodesian forces in their struggle against the overwhelming tide of the Communist-trained and -equipped ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas. The combat strain on a fighting soldier was almost unbelievable, for the Rhodesians, who were always desperately short of ground troops, were sometimes obliged to parachute the same men into action into as many as three enemy contacts a day. While estimates of enemy casualties vary, there seems little doubt that the RLI accounted for at least 12,000 ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas—but not without cost. Fireforce is not for the squeamish. Although it has been written with unforgettable pathos and humor, it tells of face-to-face combat in the bush and death at point-blank range. It is a book which does nothing to glorify or glamorize war, for as Chris Cocks found at such a young age, war is merely a catalogue of suffering, destruction and death. Fireforce has been described by critics as being to the Rhodesian War what All Quiet On The Western Front was to World War I and Dispatches was to Vietnam. Read it … it will an experience you never forget.

American Civil War Infantry by Michael Blake A first edition hardcover published by Almark Publications in 1970 Picture cover boards are clean & bright, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is clean & bright. Postage within south Africa will be R30-00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote.

From the searing heat of the Zambezi Valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani Mountains in Rhodesia, from the bars in Port St Johns in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa, this is the story of one man's fight against terror, and his conscience. Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts. These men were highly trained and disciplined, with skills to rival the SAS, Navy Seals and the US Marines, although their dress and appearance were wildly unconventional: civilian clothing with blackened, hairy faces to resemble the very people they were fighting against. Twice decorated - with the Member of the Legion of Merit (MLM) and the Military Forces' Commendation (MFC) - Andrew Balaam was a member of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and later the Selous Scouts, for a period spanning twelve years. This is his honest and insightful account of his time as a pseudo operator. His story is brutally truthful, frightening, sometimes humorous and often sad. In later years, after Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, he was involved with a number of other former Selous Scouts in the attempted coups in the Ciskei, a South African homeland, and Lesotho, an independent nation, whose only crimes were supporting the African National Congress. Training terrorists, or as they preferred to be called, 'liberation armies', to conduct a war of terror on innocent civilians, was the very thing he had spent the last ten years in Rhodesia fighting against. This is the true, untold story of these failed attempts at governmental overthrows This book is imported on demand and dispatched within 15 working days depending on supplier Specifications Author: Andrew Balaam Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781909982772 ISBN: 1909982776 Label: Helion and Company Manufacturer: Helion and Company Number Of Pages: 288 PublicationDate: 2014-11-19 Publisher: Helion and Company Studio: Helion and Company    

The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry - Record Of War Service 1914-1918 First Edition, Hard Cover, Published By David J. Clark 1920 Cover Boards Have Rubbing & Browning To The Edges & Spine. Binding Is Slightly Loose. Frontispiece Is Coming Loose. Browning & Foxing To The Pages. Postage Within South Africa Will Be R30.00 Overseas Buyers Can Contact Us For A Postal Quote. ABE # 03484

From the Boer War, Highland Light Infantry Trench Art on a ZAR 1894 Silver 2 Shillings. Kruger engraved in Highland dress with Glengarry bonnet and plaid brooch marked: "HLI". Boer POW engraved ZAR coins with a 'hat and pipe' or similar motif and quite common. British military trench art on ZAR coins is less frequently seen. For this and other examples see South African Medals. 

Boer war Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry brass headdress/shoulder title. The title was worn under a crown. (ref. G. Tylden) The title is extremely rare and in very good +++++ condition  Offered on E bay at $ 220.00  Local post  R 65-00 Shipping is at  buyers risk, instruction  and cost  

Boer war Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry brass headdress.The title was worn under a crown. (ref. G. Tylden) The title is extremely rare and in very good +++++ condition  Offered on E bay at $ 220.00  Local post  R 65-00 Shipping is at  buyers risk, instruction  and cost  

  Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry | Chris Cocks Exact images of the item/s on Auction: Good Used Condition (Some Toning) 1988 First Edition (Papreback) 253 Pages Registered Mail @ R 55.00  Postnet to Postnet @ R 100.00 Please have a look at all our other items.

Fireforce One Man's War in The Rhodesian Light Infantry "a tour de force, By Paul L. Moorcraft, Publ. Covos-Day 2000, second edition, reprint, hard cover, dust wrapper with wear, illustrated with lots of photos, 306 pages, good condition.  

  Rare Boer war Queensland mounted Infantry Cap badge** Measures - 55mm x 38mm Very rare to find. (Both Lugs Still Intact)