History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961–1972)
EARLY HISTORY OF THE RHODESIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry; History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961-1972); Wankie Battles; History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961-72); History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961–72)
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was originally formed in 1961 as a regiment of the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Raised as a light infantry unit at Brady Barracks, Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia, the Regiment served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security Forces between 1964 and 1979, from 1965 under the unrecognised governments of Rhodesia and latterly, during the second half of 1979, Zimbabwe Rhodesia.