85th Regiment of Foot

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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

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