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The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was originally formed in 1961 as a regiment of the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.


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Rhodesian Light Infantry men are skilled and battle-hardened in counter-insurgency operations and their airborne "fire force" troops are in the front line of the battle against Communist-trained insurgents now creeping into Rhodesia in larger numbers than ever before.


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There are two Stands of Colour of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, these being, the Pre- and Post-Republic Stands. Pre-Republic Colours. On the 19th June 1965, the First Battalion The Rhodesian Light Infantry received their Colours on a full ceremonial parade from the then Governor of Rhodesia, His Excellency Sir Humphrey Gibbs, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.


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The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly known as the RLI, was a regiment formed in 1961 in Southern Rhodesia as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.


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Formed in 1961, the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) was an airborne all-white unit focused on direct action operations. (Most units in the Rhodesian military were mixed, usually Black soldiers led by White officers; the RLI and the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) were some of the few all-White outfits.)


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On the 17th October 1980 the 1st Battalion The Rhodesian Light Infantry (the Saints) was disbanded and held their final parade. They displayed their colours.


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The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security Forces between 1964 and 1979, under the unrecognised government of Rhodesia after its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain on 11 November 1965.


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1st Battalion the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) All three of my brothers served in the RLI: 4156 Cpl Attie van Tonder, 1 Commando and MT from 1967 to 1978. 4801 L/Cpl Danie van Tonder, 2 Commando from 1969 to 1974. 88553 Rfn Jo' van Tonder, National Service with 2 Commando in 1974. When I did my National Service with Intaf in 1976, our.


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The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry ( 1RLI ), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry ( RLI ), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks ( Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia) as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.


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Background One of the reasons for many of the American citizens who joined the Crippled Eagles was the Soldier of Fortune reports about both the Rhodesian Bush War and the means of entry into the Rhodesian Army. From 1976 to 1980 almost every issue contained one or more articles about the ongoing conflict.


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There was no one initiating instance for the Rhodesian Bush War, rather it was an escalation of conflicts between the Rhodesian security forces and the communist-backed Rhodesian black African majority forces that would form the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA).


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The Tactical Historian sits with John Van Zyl, veteran of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and creator of a Youtube Channel that covers the Rhodesian Bush War an.


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The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry ( 1RLI or RLI ), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.


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RLI Unit History The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.


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The RLI started out in life as a light infantry battalion - as the name suggests - but within its first two years of existence, almost came abruptly to an end, as the Federal Army ceased to exist with the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The soldiers of the RLI who were tempted to accept the lump sum terminal.


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The Rhodesian Light Infantry, or R.L.I., was a regular army infantry regiment in the Rhodesia army. Composed only of white recruits, the First Battalion Rhodesian Light Infantry was formed within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1961 in Bulawayo. Contents Origin Operations Fire Force Tactics of fire-force operations The Sweep