50th Royal Infantry Division

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50th Royal Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Flame Keepers of Greece
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command LIV Corps


Overview[edit]

The Fifty 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 2764, the unit was stationed on New Avalon[1], assigned as a part of the LIV Corps, Fourth Army, to District 3 of the Federated Suns Military Region but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery to take part in the Periphery Uprising by 2765.[2]. The 50th survived the war and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 50th Royal Infantry Division
Major General Alister Breckenridge-Sterling 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Infantry division the 50th would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 152, "Fourth"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 71, "50th Royal Infantry Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

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