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THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY, BRITISH ARMY
History: Raised in 1702 as Fox's Regiment of Marines (32nd Foot in 1751) and in 1741 as Price's Regiment (46th Foot in 1751). In 1881 these two Regiments become the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. In 1959 amalgamated with The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), British Army to form The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, British Army.
Official blazon
A bugle with strings, mouthpiece to the right; resting on each end of the bugle a scroll inscribed Cornwall; above the scroll a coronet. The strings pass upwards from the bugle, behind the scroll to the centre of the base of the coronet, in silver plate.
Origin/meaning
Literature: Image from Regimental Badges by T.J. Edwards
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