Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
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United Kingdom
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| 1,300 soldiers
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| British 29th Division 1917-1918
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| Fort George, Guernsey
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| Diex Aix (God Help Us)
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| Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Cambrai 1917; Battle of the Lys 1918
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Royal Guernsey Light Infantry was a regiment in the British Army that was formed from the Royal Guernsey Militia in 1916 to serve in World War I . They fought as part of the British 29th Division .
They fought in the Battle of Cambrai , where their role was to defend the small town of Les Rues Vertes. They suffered heavy casualties, with nearly 40% of the regiment either killed or injured during the battle.
The regimental motto, Diex Aix , derives from the battle cry used by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings .
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Blicq, A Stanley, Norman Ten Hundred , Guernsey Press, 1920 Parks, Major Edwin, Diex Aix: God Help Us - The Guernseymen who marched away 1914-1918 , States of Guernsey, 1992
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