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*'''2007''' merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles becoming '5 RIFLES'
*'''2007''' merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles becoming '5 RIFLES'


==Service in India==
==Service in British India==
Partial chronology:
*'''1798''' India
*'''1846''' Arrived in Madras from England
*'''1801''' [[Ceylon]]
*'''1803''' [[1st Kandyan War]]'''
*'''1846''' [[Madras]]
*'''1847''' [[Poonamallee]]
*'''1847''' [[Poonamallee]]
*'''1848-50''' [[Bangalore]]
*'''1848-50''' [[Bangalore]]
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*'''1854''' Left [[Burma]] for England
*'''1854''' Left [[Burma]] for England
*'''1857''' Returned to India due to the [[Indian Mutiny]] (see below)
*'''1857''' Returned to India due to the [[Indian Mutiny]] (see below)
*'''1863''' India
*'''1872''' India
*'''1881''' [[Dinapore]]
*'''1886''' [[3rd Burma War]]


===Indian Mutiny===
===Indian Mutiny===

Revision as of 15:19, 30 December 2010

Known as the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI)

Chronology

  • 1755 raised in Leeds as the 53rd Regiment of Foot
  • 1757 renumbered 51st Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot
  • 1809 became the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Light Infantry
  • 1821 became the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment
  • 1881 became the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
  • 1897 became The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
  • 1921 became The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • 1968 became the 2nd Battalion of The Light Infantry (2LI)
  • 2007 merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles becoming '5 RIFLES'

Service in British India

Indian Mutiny

With the exception of a few detachments, the regiment saw no action during the Mutiny and thus were not awarded the Indian Mutiny medal.

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