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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*For Archives and Museum details, see [[53rd Regiment of Foot]] | |||
*[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/ksli/shrop_85foottl.htm The King's Shropshire Light Infantry] www.lightinfantry.org.uk<br> | *[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers) King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia | ||
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*[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 | *[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 | ||
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8219 thread] about a draft of soldiers sent to join the 85th Foot in India in 1879 | *Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8219 thread] about a draft of soldiers sent to join the 85th Foot in India in 1879 | ||
*The Diary of Sergeant Ben Nicholas 1914 to 1917 4th (Service Battalion) Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. "A record of his exploits in India, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia during World War One". Includes the [[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|1915 Singapore Mutiny]]. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwulfrunianinlondon.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F01%2Fthe-diary-of-ben-nicholas-1915-to-19174.pdf html version] [http://wulfrunianinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-diary-of-ben-nicholas-1915-to-19174.pdf pdf] wulfrunianinlondon.files | |||
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Revision as of 01:47, 9 December 2014
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
- For Archives and Museum details, see 53rd Regiment of Foot
- 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
- Victorian Wars Forum thread about a draft of soldiers sent to join the 85th Foot in India in 1879
- The Diary of Sergeant Ben Nicholas 1914 to 1917 4th (Service Battalion) Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. "A record of his exploits in India, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia during World War One". Includes the 1915 Singapore Mutiny. html version pdf wulfrunianinlondon.files