Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
Badge of the RGLI
Active	1916–1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1,300 soldiers
Part of	29th Division 1917–1918
Garrison/HQ	Fort George, Guernsey
Motto(s)	Diex Aïx (God Help Us)
Engagements	Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Cambrai 1917 Battle of the Lys 1918
Battle honours	Awarded to the 1st Battalion Royal Guernsey Militia Passchendaele Cambrai 1917 Lys Estaires Hazebrouck France and Flanders 1917-18.

The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army that was formed from the Royal Guernsey Militia in 1916 to serve in World War I. They fought as part of the British 29th Division. Of the 2,280 men, most of whom came from Guernsey, who fought on the Western Front with the RGLI, 327 were killed and 667 were wounded.

Many Guernsey men had already volunteered for regiments in the British Army before the RGLI was formed. The RGLI was created because there was no Guernsey-named regiment to underline the island's devotion to the Crown.

The regimental motto, Diex Aïx, derives from the battle cry used by the Duke of Normandy 1,000 years earlier.

Regimental tradition lives on in the Guernsey Army Cadet Force (Det.) Light Infantry, who, although they do not wear the RGLI cap badge, still keep alive the history of the Regiment within the detachment.

17 December

1 June

July

September

26 September

27 September

October

9–14 October

October–November

20 November – 3 December

18–26 January

8–29 March

3–7 April

10–14 April

27 April

27 November

5 April

21–22 May

Order of St. Michael and St. George (Companion) (3rd Class)

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