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*[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/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 | *[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 | |||
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Revision as of 13:53, 3 May 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
- Victorian Wars Forum thread about a draft of soldiers sent to join the 85th Foot in India in 1879