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=== Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection ===
=== Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection ===
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=166-x6005&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 Discovery catalogue entry] The entire catalogue of the collection can be viewed online and contains several India related items.  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=166-x6005&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 Access to Archives catalogue entry] The entire catalogue of the collection can be viewed online and contains several India related items.  
*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf Shropshire Archives] Home of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection.
*[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf Shropshire Archives] Home of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection.
*[http://shropshireregiments.org.uk/ Shropshire Regimental Museum] Homepage og the museum containing regimental histories.
*[http://www.shropshireregimentalmuseum.co.uk Shropshire Regimental Museum] Homepage of the museum containing regimental histories.


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
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*This link from [http://military-bands.co.uk/3_li.html military-bands.co.uk] refers to the band of the 53rd Regiment during the [[Indian Mutiny]] and subsequently in India in the 1920s.
*This link from [http://military-bands.co.uk/3_li.html military-bands.co.uk] refers to the band of the 53rd Regiment during the [[Indian Mutiny]] and subsequently in India in the 1920s.
*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894]. discovershropshire.org.uk. [http://www.britisharmedforces.org/li_pages/regiments/ksli/shrop_hongkong.htm Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894] britisharmedforces.org.
*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894]. discovershropshire.org.uk. [http://www.britisharmedforces.org/li_pages/regiments/ksli/shrop_hongkong.htm Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894] britisharmedforces.org.
*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





Revision as of 01:39, 9 December 2014

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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