Difference between revisions of "51st Regiment of Foot"

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Known as the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI)

1755 raised in Leeds as the 53rd Regiment of Foot
1757 renumbered 51st Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot
1809 became the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Light Infantry
1821 became the 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment
1881 became the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
1897 became The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
1921 became The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1968 became the 2nd Battalion of The Light Infantry (2LI)
2007 merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles becoming '5 RIFLES'

With the exception of a few detachments, the regiment saw no action during the Mutiny and thus were not awarded the Indian Mutiny medal.

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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia
 *[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/koyli.htm King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]lightinfantry.me.uk
+===Historical books online===
+*[http://www.archive.org/stream/arecordservices00willgoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''A Record of the Services of the Fifty-first (Second West York), the King's Own Light Infantry''] by William Wheater 1870 Archive.org
 [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]