This Day In History

  • 1943 British and American force, including 1st Loyals, lands at Anzio, Italy with no opposition. Unfortunately the Allied command fails to exploit their initial advantage. Within days the Germans have deployed substantial reinforcements and the Allies are on the defensive.
  • 1957 Under orders for Malaya, 1st Loyals embarks, with families, on the troopship Empire Orwell at Southampton for passage to Singapore.
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Narrative Histories

Seven Years War
The Regiments in the Seven Years War 1756-63
War of American Independence
The ‘Fighting Fortieth’ at the Battle of Germantown, 4 October 1777
Napoleonic Wars
The Battle of Barossa
Waterloo
The Regiment’s Greatest Tragedy – The Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Lord Melville & Boadicea
Soldiers of Empire
The “Battle” of the Eureka Stockade – Australia 1854
Crimea
The Battle of the Alma
The Heroes of Inkerman
1st, 2nd & 3rd Afghan Wars
The Regiments in Afghanistan 1838-42, 1878-80, and 1919
Boer War
The Regiments in the South African War 1899-1902
World War I  
The Regiments in the Great War 1914-1918
The Christmas Truces 1914
2nd Loyals in East Africa 1914-17
Mesopotamia 1916-1918
The Accrington Pals and the Benedictine Connection – or ‘A Bene and ‘ot’
World War II
The Regiments in World War II
Post-War
The Regiments Post-War 1945-1970
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