Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) Cap Badge. United Kingdom.
White metal cap/bonnet badge with King's crown for Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). United Kingdom.
Pre-1959.
Good condition and complete with lugs. Ref: W35.
White metal cap/bonnet badge with King's crown for Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). United Kingdom.
Pre-1959.
Good condition and complete with lugs. Ref: W35.
White metal cap/bonnet badge with King's crown for Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). United Kingdom.
Pre-1959.
Good condition and complete with lugs. Ref: W35.
The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881.
In 1923, the regiment's title was expanded to the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).
It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) which later merged with the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, becoming the 2nd Battalion of the new regiment.
This regiment's badge includes the Star of the Order of the Thistle with a bugle horn and monogram 'HLI' in the centre. Below this is an elephant and the battle honour 'Assaye', won by its predecessor regiment the 74th Foot in 1803.
