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Regimental Engagements

1945-1948 Palestine

1948-1950 Malaya

1951-1953 Canal Zone

1961 Kuwait & Zanzibar

1963 British Guiana

1965 Mauritius

1964-66 Aden

1970 Northern Ireland

1974 Cyprus

1980 Rhodesia

1991 The Gulf War

1993-1994 Bosnia

2002 Op Telic

2005 Op Telic 6 (Iraq)

2007 Op Herrick 7 (Afghanistan)

1949-1956

Model: Lee Enfield No 4 mk 2

Caliber: .303

1954-1994

Model: L1a1 SLR (Safety, semi) modes of fire

Caliber 7.62x51

1987-Present

Model: L85a2 (Semi, auto, safety) modes of fire

Caliber 5.56x45

Pattern 58 Kit

1958-1986

Source: Karkeeweb.com

British PLCE (Personal Load Carrying Equipment)

90 pattern and 95 pattern

Issued 1986-Present

DPM woodland and DPM desert

British Assault Vest

Issued 1990's-Present

Dpm Woodland and DPM desert

Four of our lads at the Memorial Day Parade in Geneva, IL 2009.