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VE Day celebrations at Nairobi, Kenya, May 1945

War and Peace

On This Day: May 1945

In May 1945, the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe. While the war in Japan was still to be won, attention also turned to the challenges of the peace, not least the return home of millions of soldiers.

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Officers' glengarry badge, 71st (Highland) Regiment, 1874

71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)

This Scottish unit was raised in 1777. It served with the British Army until the 1881 reforms, when it became part of The Highland Light Infantry.

73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot

This Scottish infantry unit was raised in the 1780s. It served with the British Army until 1881, when it was merged into The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).

94th Regiment of Foot

This regiment became part of the British Army in 1794, but its history dates all the way back to the 16th century. It existed until the 1881 reforms, when it was amalgamated into The Connaught Rangers.

88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)

Raised in 1793 in the west of Ireland, this infantry regiment served with the British Army until the reforms of 1881, when it was merged into The Connaught Rangers.

102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)

This unit's origins stretch back to 1742, when it became part of the East India Company's army. In 1862, it transferred to the British Army and then merged into The Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1881.

103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)

This regiment's origins stretch back to the 1680s, when it became part of the East India Company's army. In 1862, it transferred to the British Army and then merged into The Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1881.

104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers)

This infantry regiment became part of the British Army in 1862. Prior to this, it had served for over a century with the East India Company's army. It was merged into The Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1881.

101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)

This regiment became part of the British Army in 1862. But its origins date back to the 17th century, when the East India Company first established units of European troops. It was merged into The Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1881.

109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)

This unit was raised by the East India Company in 1853, but soon transferred to British Army service. It existed until the reforms of 1881, when it was merged into The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment.

Glengarry badge, 100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment, c1874

100th (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot

This infantry regiment was raised in Canada in 1857. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians).

13th Hussars

Formed in 1715, this cavalry unit had a long and distinguished service with the British Army. In 1922, it was merged into the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own).

Cap badge, other ranks, 18th Hussars, c1900

18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own)

This cavalry unit was raised in 1858, but inherited the traditions of an earlier regiment. It served until 1922, when it merged with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own).

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