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*'''1755'''  raised as 55th Regiment of Foot
*'''1755'''  raised as 55th Regiment of Foot
*'''1757''' renamed 53rd Regiment of Foot
*'''1757''' renamed 53rd Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' combined with 85th Regiment of Foot to become The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)
*'''1881''' combined with [[85th 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


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 09:24, 19 March 2013

Also known as The Shropshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1755 raised as 55th Regiment of Foot
  • 1757 renamed 53rd Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 combined with 85th 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

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection

Historical books online

  • Historical Record of the Fifty - Third, or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1848 by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books. Indian Service commences page 13 in 1805 in Madras and continues page 27 in 1844 in Calcutta
  • Recollections of a winter campaign in India in 1857-58 by Capt Oliver John Jones, R.N. 1859 Google Books. The author was attached, as a volunteer, to the 53rd Regiment of Foot for five months

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