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By Matthias Strohn

ISBN-10: 1472815327

ISBN-13: 9781472815323

In 2014 the Royal Gibraltar Regiment celebrated its seventy fifth anniversary. this can be the background of the regiment and its previous formations, a heritage that indicates how a in the neighborhood raised volunteer unit built right into a glossy, light-role infantry battalion, dependent in Gibraltar and working world wide.

The booklet takes the reader again to the start of British rule in Gibraltar and the involvement of the neighborhood inhabitants within the nice Siege throughout the 18th century. From there it embarks on a trip that describes the background of the Volunteer Corps within the First global battle and the Gibraltar Defence strength which used to be tested in 1939, the Gibraltar Regiment throughout the chilly warfare and eventually the Royal Gibraltar Regiment in its present shape. The altering roles of the regiment and the inner advancements are defined and defined in the wider political and army context of Gibraltar. This trip is dropped at existence with the aid of images, illustrations and the phrases of the regiment's soldiers.

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