On this episode, Mark welcomes Andy Taylor to discuss the Herefordshire Light Infantry. With a heritage dated back several hundred years, established as a militia due to the threat of invasion to the British Isles, this band of rifle volunteers, marksmen and motivated individuals, formed the core of a trained unit that would find itself deployed in the Anglo-Boer war (1899-1902), The First world War (1914-18) and The Second World War (1939-45). MarK and Andy discuss their origins, the people of the force and some of their biggest actions and anecdotes, including Suvla Bay in Gallipoli (1915) out to the capture of Admiral Doenitz's Car Pennants in 1945. A great local British County Regiment, Andy and the volunteers works at the museum keeps it alive alongside attending heritage events such as the Hereford Literary and Military History Festival that is on the weekend of 26-28th September 2025. Andy on his own history podcast named "Just a Walk in the Sun" and you can find more about the museum at https://herefordshirelightinfantrymuseum.com/.
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Hosted by Mark Martin.
With Andy Taylor.
Edited and produced by Mark Martin.
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