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HISTORY The history of this Regiment dates back to the ''Transvaal Cycle Corps'', which was formed in Johannesburg on 1 October from the Bicycle Section of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment . A small section of this unit subsequently took part in the surpression of the Bambata Rebellion in Zululand . After its return from this conflict the unit recognised the possibilities of mechanisation and members of the Regiment manufactured three Armoured Car s, creating a motorised fighting unit. This lead to the renaming of the unit in 1909 to the ''Transvaal Cycle and Motor Corps''. On 1 July 1913 the Regiment was renamed the ''11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry)'' and transferred to the Active Citizen Force of the Union Defence Force . Simultaneously, the unit was converted to a normal infantry regiment. The Regiment's Pretoria detachment was transferred to the ''12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment)''. During World War I the Regiment took part in the South-West Africa , suffering light casualties - only two dead and eleven wounded. In 1932 the Regiment was renamed the ''Rand Light Infantry''. The RLI was mobilized for World War II in June 1940 and gained fame in North Africa where it took part in many front line engagements and earned Battle Honour s at Bardia, Gazala and El Alamein. After the defeat of Rommel ’s Afrika Korps , the RLI returned to South Africa and was merged with the ''Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles''. The remaining members of the Regiment were trained in armour, and sent as reinforcements to the South African 6th Armoured Division in Italy . REGIMENTAL SYMBOLS
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