7th Royal Infantry Division

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Seventh Royal Infantry Division
Nickname The Praetorian Division[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XIX Corps

The Seventh Royal Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army. It was one of the SLDF's Royal units, which consisted of troops from the Terran Hegemony.

History[edit]

In 2763, the Seventh foiled an assassination attempt on Grand Duke Cedro Allison, however the incident was kept secret and the unit received no public accolades.[1]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Oriente,[2] assigned as part of XIX Corps, Eighth Army to District 1 of the Free Worlds League Military Region and then transferred to District 2 in 2765 as part of the response to the Periphery Uprising. The Seventh was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[3]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Seventh Royal Infantry Division
Major General Katheryn Winborne 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division, the Seventh would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

References[edit]

  1. a b c Field Manual: SLDF, p. 111: "7th Royal Infantry Division"
  2. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 254: "SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command"
  3. The Star League, p. 141: "Eighth Army"
  4. The Star League, p. 133: "Divisions - Infantry Division"

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