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88th Infantry Regiment (Russian Empire)
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88th Regiment or 88th Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 88th Regiment of Foot (other), several units of the British Army * 88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery * 88 Postal and Courier Regiment RLC, Royal Logistics Corps * 88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment, a unit of the Yugoslav Air Force * 88th Infantry Regiment (United States) * 88th Carnatic Infantry, a unit of the British Indian Army Union Army (American Civil War): * 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment * 88th Indiana Infantry Regiment * 88th New York Infantry * 88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment See also * 88th Division (other) In military terms, 88th Division or 88th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: *88th Division (People's Republic of China) * 88th Infantry Division (France) * 88th Infantry Division (German Empire) *88th Infantry Division (Wehrmach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Regiment Of Foot (other)
Three regiments of the British Army have been numbered the 88th Regiment of Foot: * 88th Regiment of Foot (Highland Volunteers) (raised 1760), also known as "Campbell's Regiment" * 88th Regiment of Foot (1779) The 88th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army from 1779 to 1783, formed during the American Revolutionary War. It was raised in Worcestershire under Colonel Thomas Keating and saw service in Jamaica. It was disbanded in En ... (raised 1779) * 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (raised 1793) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) was a volunteer air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1939 until amalgamated in 1950. During World War II it defended South Wales and the Severn Valley during the Blitz and then took part in the North African and Italian campaigns, fighting in both the anti-aircraft (AA) and ground fire roles. Origin In the late 1930s the need for improved anti-aircraft (AA) defences for Britain's cities became apparent, and when the Territorial Army (TA) was doubled in size after the Munich Crisis a crash programme of raising new Royal Artillery (TA) units for Anti-Aircraft Command was begun. 88th Anti-Aircraft Regiment was formed on 1 April 1939 and consisted of Regiment Headquarters (RHQ) and 281st, 282nd and 283rd AA Batteries, based at City House, South Africa Road, White City, London. The first officers appointed to the new unit were transferred from 53rd and 54th (City of London) AA Rgts; 53rd (CoL) AA Rgt was als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88 Postal And Courier Regiment RLC
88 Postal and Courier Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, was a regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom. History The regiment was originally formed as the 88th Postal and Courier Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers). Two squadrons were transferred to 87 Postal and Courier Regiment RLC in 2006. The regiment was absorbed into 162 Regiment RLC 162 Logistic Regiment RLC is an Army Reserve Regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. History The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport as 162nd Movement Control Regiment, RCT (Volunteers) in 1967. It absorbed 88 Postal ... in 2013. Structure The final structure was as follows: *871 Squadron *872 Squadron *883 Squadron *884 Squadron External links88th Postal and Courier Regiment References {{Reflist Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps Military units and formations established in 1993 Military mail Postal history of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
The 88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: 88. lovačko-bombarderski avijacijski puk / 88. ловачко-бомбардерски авијацијски пук'') was a Yugoslavian aviation regiment established in 1947 as 43rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (''Serbo-Croatian: 43. vazduhoplovni bombarderski puk / 43. ваздухопловни бомбардерски пук''). History 43rd Bomber Aviation Regiment The 43rd Bomber Aviation Regimen was formed on 3 November 1947 at Sombor with former Bulgarian Air Force Soviet made Petlyakov Pe-2 bombers. It was part of 4th Aviation Bomber Division. By 1948 this regiment was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army, so it became the 88th Bomber Aviation Regiment. The commander of regiment was Drago Krivokapić and commissar was Živko Ranisavljević. 88th Regiment The 88th Bomber Aviation Regiment was based at Sombor airfield until 1949, when it was dislocated to Velika Gorica/Pleso airport. By year 1959 it ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 88th Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It was created as the 88th Airborne Infantry Battalion on 10 October 1941 during World War II as the U.S. Army's first glider infantry unit. Unit history Attached to the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, the unit was authorized a strength of 27 officers and 500 enlisted men. In May 1942 it was moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and expanded into the 88th Glider Infantry Regiment. All equipment and personnel assigned to the regiment were designed to be carried in the Waco CG-4A glider. The regiment was stationed at Fort Meade, South Dakota, from February to November 1943. Troops were trained in infantry tactics including forced night marches, although they also had mock gliders and a tower north of the fort for practice parachute drops. The soldiers at Fort Meade were taken to Alliance, Nebraska, for their airborne training, and the glider pilots received their flight training ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Carnatic Infantry
The 88th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were raised as the 2nd Battalion, 14th Madras Native Infantry. The regiment's first action was in the Siege of Nagpore followed by the Battle of Mahidpur during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. They were involved in the First Burmese War (1823–26) and in 1900, they were part of the relief force in the Boxer Rebellion in China. During World War I they were attached to the 9th (Secunderabad) Division which remained in India on internal security and training duties. Later they took part in the Mesopotamia Campaign and took part in the fighting in Kurdistan Kurdistan ( ku, کوردستان ,Kurdistan ; lit. "land of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, Kurdish la ... in 1919. A second battalion was raised during the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the Second Chicago Board of Trade Regiment) was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment mustered into service in September 1862 and was engaged at Perryville a month later. The unit subsequently fought at Stones River, in the Tullahoma campaign, at Chickamauga, at Missionary Ridge, in the Atlanta campaign, at Franklin, and at Nashville. The 88th Illinois especially distinguished itself at Stones River, Missionary Ridge, and Franklin. The regiment mustered out of service in June 1865. Formation The 88th Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized at Chicago on 27 August 1862 to serve three years and mustered into federal service on 4 September 1862. It became known as the "Second Board of Trade Regiment". The original field officers were Colonel Francis T. Sherman, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Chadbourne, and Major George W. Chandler, all of Chicago. Chadbourne resig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 88th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 88th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 29, 1862, under the command of Colonel (United States), Colonel George Humphrey. Company F was mustered in on September 13, 1862, at Louisville, Kentucky. The regiment was attached to 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 17th Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps (Union Army), I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Center, XIV Corps (Union Army), XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIV Corps, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XIV Corps, to June 1865. The 88th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service on June 7, 1865. Detailed servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th New York Infantry
{{Infobox military unit , unit_name= 88th New York Infantry Regiment , image=Flag_of_New_York_(1778-1901).svg , image_size = 100 , caption=New York flag , dates= November 1861 – June 30, 1865 , country=United States , allegiance= Union , branch= Infantry , nickname= Mr. Meaghers Own, 2nd Regiment of the Irish Brigade , equipment= , battles= Seven Days BattlesBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of GettysburgBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseBattle of Cold HarborSiege of PetersburgFirst Battle of Deep Bottom Appomattox Campaign The 88th New York Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment in the Union Army's Irish Brigade during the American Civil War. History 1861 The regiment was mustered into service in the autumn of 1861 at Fort Schuyler in New York when the government approved the commissioning of an Irish Brigade. Its men were gathered in the states of New York and New Jersey from the various Irish masses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
The 88th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 88th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in September 1861 under the command of Colonel George P. McLean. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, Ord's 2nd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, to May 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, to June 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, V Corps, to March 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, V Corps, to June 1865. The 88th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out of service June 30, 1865. Detailed service Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., October 1. At Kendall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
