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* The [[National Army Museum]], in its online catalogue lists editions for 1903-1906 and a broken range of editions from 1922
* The [[National Army Museum]], in its online catalogue lists editions for 1903-1906 and a broken range of editions from 1922


== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/koyli.htm King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] lightinfantry.me.uk
*[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/koyli.htm King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] lightinfantry.me.uk
*[http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Leisure_and_Culture/Museums_and_Galleries/Doncaster_Museum_and_Art_Gallery/Kings_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry_Museum.asp King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum]  
*[http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Leisure_and_Culture/Museums_and_Galleries/Doncaster_Museum_and_Art_Gallery/Kings_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry_Museum.asp King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum]  
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080624223754/http://www.parsonsfamily.co.uk/acton/afghan1.php Diary and Letters: The Afghan War by Colonel Charles Ball-Acton] of the 51st Regiment  from the Parsons Family website now archived.  He commanded the 51st in the second phase of the war (second-in-command during the first phase).
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,84254.msg353622.html#msg353622 Extract: "Night Attack on South Picket and Theft in Camp" from  ''The Bugle 1st Feb 1879'', the regimental magazine of the 51st]. rootschat.com


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/arecordservices00willgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''A Record of the Services of the Fifty-first (Second West York), the King's Own Light Infantry''] by William Wheater 1870 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/arecordservices00willgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''A Record of the Services of the Fifty-first (Second West York), the King's Own Light Infantry''] by William Wheater 1870 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/histkoylivol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Volume 3, in the Great War 1914-1918''] by Lt.-Col. Reginald C Bond 1929 Archive.org
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 10:16, 10 December 2023

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 amalgamated with the 105th Regiment of Foot and 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.

Regimental journal

  • The British Library catalogue lists
    • The Bugle. A paper for the men of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. vol. 18. no. 2.-vol. 19. no. 9. Dec. 1900-July 1902.
    • The Bugle. The monthly journal of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 1922-
  • The National Army Museum, in its online catalogue lists editions for 1903-1906 and a broken range of editions from 1922

External links

Historical books online