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*'''1815''' became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers, Duke of York's Own Light Infantry) Regiment | *'''1815''' became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers, Duke of York's Own Light Infantry) Regiment | ||
*'''1821''' became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment | *'''1821''' became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment | ||
| − | *'''1881''' combined with 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot to become The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) | + | *'''1881''' combined with [[53rd Regiment of Foot|53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot]] to become The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) |
*'''1921''' became The King's Shropshire Light Infantry | *'''1921''' became The King's Shropshire Light Infantry | ||
*'''1968''' became the 3rd Battalion of The Light Infantry | *'''1968''' became the 3rd Battalion of The Light Infantry | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/ksli/shrop_85foottl.htm The King's Shropshire Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers) King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia | + | *[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/ksli/shrop_85foottl.htm The King's Shropshire Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.org.uk<br> |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers) King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004919/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/085-793.htm 85th, or The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108235534/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/085-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, now an archived website | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220438/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/053KSLI.htm The King's Shropshire Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201022608/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/053-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108235534/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/085-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, now an archived website | ||
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 19 March 2013
Also known as The Shropshire Regiment
Chronology
- 1759 raised in Shrewsbury as the 85th Light Infantry (or Royal Volunteers)
- 1763 disbanded at Salisbury
- 1778 raised in London as the 85th (Westminster Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- 1783 disbanded at Dover Castle
- 1793 raised as the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
- 1808 became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1815 became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers, Duke of York's Own Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1821 became the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment
- 1881 combined with 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot to become The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)
- 1921 became The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- 1968 became the 3rd Battalion of The Light Infantry
External Links
- The King's Shropshire Light Infantry www.lightinfantry.org.uk
- King's Shropshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
- 85th, or The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) including deployments Regiments.org, now an archived website
- The King's Shropshire Light Infantry including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, now an archived website
