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