History Of The Rhodesian Light Infantry (1977–1980)
The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 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 List of states with limited recognition, unrecognised government of Rhodesia after its Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain on 11 November 1965. Latterly, during the second half of 1979, it fought for Zimbabwe Rhodesia, a reorganised version of Rhodesia under a black majority government which still went unrecognised. After an interim period under British control from December 1979 to April 1980, the RLI briefly remained active within the armed forces of the internationally recognised Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe, but did not see action under this government. It laid up its colours, standards and guidons, colours on 17 October 1980 and disbanded two weeks later. Fireforce actions, be ...
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Rhodesian Light Infantry
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. Barely a year after its creation, it was relocated to Cranborne Barracks (Harare, Salisbury) where its headquarters remained for the rest of its existence. The Regiment became part of the Rhodesian Army, Southern Rhodesian Army when the Federation dissolved at the start of 1964 and, later that year, reformed into a commando battalion. After Rhodesia's Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965, the RLI became one of the country's main counter-insurgency units during the Rhodesian Bush War, which pitted the government's security forces against the rival guerrilla campaigns of Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and the Zimbabwe People's Revoluti ...
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