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Gloucestershire Regiment

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 22, 2018 by Jimfbleak - talk to me?  12:00, 22 March 2018 (UTC)



The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 1881, it inherited the unique distinction of wearing a badge on the back of its headdress, won by the 28th Regiment of Foot when it fought back to back in the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. It saw its first action in the Second Boer War, and sixteen battalions saw active service under the regiment's colours in the First World War, between them earning 72 different battle honours. Four battalions fought in the Second World War, in the Battle of France, the Normandy landings and subsequent campaign in North-West Europe, the retreat from Burma and the subsequent Burma Campaign 1944–45. During the Korean War, the regiment won fame and a Presidential Unit Citation when it held out for three nights against overwhelming forces before being lost in the Battle of the Imjin River. The regiment, which carried more battle honours on its colours than any other British line infantry regiment, was amalgamated in 1994.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Between 3 and 5 TFA's with a military history theme each month this year, but none relating to a military unit.
 * Main editors: Factotem
 * Promoted: 15 January 2018
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Imjin River. A suitable alternative date would be 25 April, when the regiment was finally overrun and the battle ended.
 * Support as nominator. Factotem (talk) 10:15, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Support. The article needs to be wikilinked in the subpage. Mojo0306 (talk) 12:00, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * My bad. Thanks. Factotem (talk) 12:15, 1 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Support, but I note that WP:TFAP has another infantry regiment, 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, suggested for April 19. Since this one is actually nominated with a blurb written, I assume it would be the "winner". --RL0919 (talk) 15:32, 20 March 2018 (UTC)