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As an [[SLDF]] [[Jump Infantry]] [[division]] the 59th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|brigades]] of Jump Troops, one brigade of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and two Ground Aero [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wings]].<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> Among the regiments assigned to the 59th in 2764 were the Royal Regiment of British Infantry Guards, the Queen's Jump Fusiliers, the 16th Jump Infantry Regiment (Welsh and English), the Green Jacket Rifles, and the Royal British Dragoon Guards.<ref name=FM:SLp193/>
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As an [[SLDF]] [[Jump Infantry]] [[division]] the 59th would have been formed from two [[Brigade|brigades]] of Jump Troops, one brigade of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and two Ground Aero [[Wing (Military Unit)|Wings]].<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
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===2764===
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Among the regiments assigned to the 59th were a number of units descended the old Terran kingdom of Britain:
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* [[The British Infantry Guards]]<ref name=FM:SLp193/>
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* [[The Queen's Jump Fusiliers]]<ref name=FM:SLp193/>
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* The [[16th Royal Jump Infantry Regiment]] (Welsh and English)<ref name=FM:SLp193/>
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* [[The Green Jacket Rifles]]<ref name=FM:SLp193/>
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* [[The Royal British Dragoon Guards]]<ref name=FM:SLp193/>
  
 
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Revision as of 06:23, 14 September 2019

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Overview

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

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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:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FM:SLp193
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 149, "Sixteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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