Fresh on his mind were events of the past day when his whole regiment was destroyed in the hills.

The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.

In his absence, the rifle regiment was under the command of Major Thomas Posey, another able Virginian.

The truth is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported to the regiment the only steed he had ever ridden was a swivel chair and the only weapon he had ever wielded was a pencil.

Sergeant Early let the new CO know just how lucky he was to be in the best troop in the best regiment in the United States Army.

But what made the load lighter was the realization that every officer, non-com and trooper was ready and willing to help him carry it, for the good of the troop and the regiment.

It was no coincidence that Goulding was one of the most beloved platoon leaders in the regiment.

When the Korean war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone down fighting at the Little Big Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World War 2,, the 7th Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition.

The regiment was dug in on the east side of the river and the North Koreans were steadily building up a concentration of crack troops on the other side.

For an instant his men hesitated, unable to believe that their lieutenant, the most popular officer in the regiment, was dead.

So filled was Mel Chandler with the spirit of Garryowen that after Korea was over, he took on the job of writing the complete history of the regiment.

Although it was at the Battle of The Little Horn, about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history, that the 7th Cavalry first made its mark in history, the regiment was ten years old by then.

In 1703, Alexei was ordered to follow the army to the field as a private in a bombardier regiment.

After graduation and a brief sojourn at the Military School of Paris Napoleon applied for second-lieutenancy in the artillery regiment of La Fère at Valence and after a time was given the position.

The regiment was in Auxonne when the revolution broke out in the summer of 1789.

After a brief return to his regiment Napoleon was promoted to First Lieutenant and came home again on leave in 1791.

After acquiring an initial fleet of utility and transport aircraft, the squadron was attached to an interarmy support regiment.

De la Colonie, with his Grenadiers Rouge regiment, together with the Cologne Guards who were brigaded with them, was now ordered forward from his post south of Ramillies to support the faltering counter-attack on the village.

Borthwick was killed, as was Charles O ’ Brien, the Irish Viscount Clare in French service, fighting at the head of his regiment.

In 2007, the two-battalion RGJ regiment was amalgamated with the remaining Light Infantry regiments, to form the five Regular and two Territorial battalions of The Rifles.

This regiment has been amalgamated with the Jager Guards to form the " Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers " Two of its companies are Jagers ( Rifles ), the other two are grenadiers ; it wears the maroon beret and is an air assault and para trained unit.

The Royal Armoured Corps was to be reduced by a total of two regiments, with the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Lancers to form a single lancer regiment, and the 1st and 2nd Royal Tank Regiments joined to form a single Royal Tank Regiment.

A further division, the Light Division, grouped together the regiments of light infantry and rifles, until they were amalgamated into a single regiment in 2007.

In 1881, when the 42nd amalgamated with the 73rd Regiment of Foot, the new regiment was named " The Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders )".

In 1967, the regiment lost its Territorial battalions, which were amalgamated into the 51st Highland Volunteers.

On 25 October 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars ( Prince of Wales's Own ) to form The Royal Hussars ( Prince of Wales's Own ).

In 1814 they amalgamated into a larger regiment, the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, into which he transferred

It is the only line infantry regiment that has not been amalgamated with another unit since the end of the Second World War.

In 1936 the regiment was amalgamated with The Governor General's Body Guard to form The Governor General's Horse Guards, an armoured militia ( i. e., part-time reservist ) regiment, which still exists today as part of 32 Canadian Brigade Group in Toronto.

During that time the brigade was reinforced by French units formed from local French Forces of the Interior troops ; on 15 October these were amalgamated into the 110th French Infantry Regiment of two battalions, and on 24 January 1945 the regiment was redesignated as the 51st French Infantry Regiment and expanded to four battalions.

The device continued to be used until the regiment amalgamated in 1958.

After 273 years of continuous existence, the regiment was amalgamated with the Manchesters in 1958.

On 1 July 2006, the successor regiment amalgamated, joining with two others to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.

The regiment amalgamated with the King's Regiment ( Liverpool ) in 1958, to form the King's Regiment ( Manchester and Liverpool ).

Finally when amalgamated in 2006 the regiment was roled as armoured infantry equipped primarily with the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle.

The regiment existed until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion of the newly formed Royal Regiment of Scotland.

In 1992, the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Irish Rangers to form the Royal Irish Regiment.

* The Durham Light Infantry, a regiment of the British Army now amalgamated into The Light Infantry Regiment

The Royal Fusiliers ( City of London Regiment ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army until 1968 when it was amalgamated with other regiments to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

On 23 April 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers ( 5th Ft ), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers ( 6th Ft ) and the Lancashire Fusiliers ( 20th Ft ) to form 3rd Bn.

The 6th DCRCH ( inactive since 1920 ) was resurrected and amalgamated with the 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade, to form an armoured car regiment.

The Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.