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Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
Badge of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
Active5 October 1959 – 1968
CountrySomerset and Cornwall Light Infantry United Kingdom
Branch Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleLight infantry
Garrison/HQVictoria Barracks, Bodmin
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry Right Collar dog
Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry Left Collar dog

The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry (SCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in October 1959 by the merger of the Somerset Light Infantry and the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and was itself merged with three other regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade in 1968 to form The Light Infantry.

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