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| − | + | | Nickname = The King's Own Jump Troops<ref name=FM:SLp193>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 193</ref> | |
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The '''Fifty-ninth Jump Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. Bearing the nickname "The King's Own Jump Troops", most of the 59th's units were drawn from the old British army. By convention, any member of the [[Duke of England]]'s family that enlisted in the SLDF was assigned to the 59th Jump.<ref name=FM:SLp193/> | The '''Fifty-ninth Jump Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. Bearing the nickname "The King's Own Jump Troops", most of the 59th's units were drawn from the old British army. By convention, any member of the [[Duke of England]]'s family that enlisted in the SLDF was assigned to the 59th Jump.<ref name=FM:SLp193/> | ||
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| Nickname | The King's Own Jump Troops[1] |
| Affiliation | Star League |
| Parent Command | XXXVI Corps |
The Fifty-ninth Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. Bearing the nickname "The King's Own Jump Troops", most of the 59th's units were drawn from the old British army. By convention, any member of the Duke of England's family that enlisted in the SLDF was assigned to the 59th Jump.[1]
History
In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXXVI Corps, Sixteenth Army, to District 3 of the Draconis Combine Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765 as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[2] The 59th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]
Officers
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the 59th Jump Infantry Division | |||
| Major General | Neville Ponsonby | 2764[1] | |
Tactics
Unknown.
Composition History
As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the 59th would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[3]
2764
Among the regiments assigned to the 59th were a number of units descended the old Terran kingdom of Britain:
- The Royal Regiment of British Infantry Guards[1]
- The Queen's Jump Fusiliers[1]
- The 16th Jump Infantry Regiment (Welsh and English)[1]
- The Green Jacket Rifles[1]
- The Royal British Dragoon Guards[1]