52nd Regiment of Foot

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Also known as The Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Chronology

  • 1755 raised as 54th Regiment of Foot
  • 1757 renumbered as the 52nd Regiment of Foot
  • 1781 became the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1803 became the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Light Infantry
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot to become the regiment later known as the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 1908 became the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 1958 re-titled as the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
  • 1966 amalgamated with the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade to become the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets
  • 1992 1st Battalion disbanded

External Links

52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia

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