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unusual facts about The Grenadiers



Yogendra Singh Yadav

Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav of the 18 Grenadiers was part of the Commando 'Ghatak' (Deadly or Lethal) Platoon tasked to capture three strategic bunkers on Tiger Hill in the early morning hours of 4 July 1999.


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Clan Kerr

At the Battle of Culloden in 1746 Lord Mark Kerr's younger brother, Lord Robert Kerr, who was captain of the grenadiers in Barrel's regiment, received the first charging Cameron on the point of his Spontoon, but then a second cut him through the head to chin.

Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet

He served as colonel of the Bourbon Regiment of Cavalry in 1741, captain in 1744, colonel of the Grenadiers de France in 1749, Chevalier de Saint Louis in 1757, colonel of the Regiment Brigadier Guien in 1761; he was appointed colonel of the Piedmont Regiment and Marshal of the camp in 1762.

Sarabjit Singh Dhillon

An alumnus of the prestigious rashtriya Indian military college,dehradun the National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Dhillon was commissioned to the Grenadiers regiment in 1968.