53rd Regiment of Foot

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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

53rd Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
53rd Regiment in the Sutlej Campaign discovershropshire.org.uk
King's Shropshire Light Infantry Wikipedia