52nd Regiment of Foot

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