In 2014 the Royal Gibraltar Regiment celebrated its 75th
anniversary. This is the history of the regiment and its preceding
formations, a history that shows how a locally raised volunteer
unit developed into a modern, light-role infantry battalion, based
in Gibraltar and operating all over the world. The book takes the
reader back to the beginning of British rule in Gibraltar and the
involvement of the local population in the Great Siege during the
18th century. From there it embarks on a journey that describes the
history of the Volunteer Corps in the First World War and the
Gibraltar Defence Force which was established in 1939, the
Gibraltar Regiment during the Cold War and finally the Royal
Gibraltar Regiment in its current form. The changing roles of the
regiment and the internal developments are described and explained
within the wider political and military context of Gibraltar. This
journey is brought to life with the help of photographs,
illustrations and the words of the regiment's soldiers.
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