Somerset Light Infantry - Amalgamation

Amalgamation

The regiment amalgamated with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1959 to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. This, in turn, amalgamated with the three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade to form The Light Infantry in 1968.

The final Chapter of the Somerset Light Infantry ended on the 1st February 2007 when along with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets merged to form the RIFLES

The Regiment's history is exhibited at the Somerset Military Museum which is a part of the Museum of Somerset at Taunton Castle.