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− | | nickname = The King's own Jump Troops | + | | nickname = "The King's own Jump Troops"<ref name=FM:SLp193>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 193</ref> |
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==Overview== | ==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.<ref name= | + | 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/> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 59th Jump Infantry Division''' | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 59th Jump Infantry Division''' | ||
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+ | | [[Major General]]||[[Neville Ponsonby]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLp193/> | ||
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==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
− | 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= | + | 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/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
− | *''[[The Star League]]'' | + | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' |
+ | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | ||
Revision as of 17:52, 20 August 2019
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 | |
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Commanding Officers of the 59th Jump Infantry Division | |||
Major General | Neville Ponsonby | 2764[1] |
Tactics
Unknown.
Composition
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] 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.[1]