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===Indian Mutiny===
With the exception of a few detachments, the regiment saw no action during the Mutiny and thus were not awarded the Indian Mutiny [[medal]].
==Regimental journal==
*The [[British Library]] catalogue lists
**''The Bugle. A paper for the men of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry''. vol. 18. no. 2.-vol. 19. no. 9. Dec. 1900-July 1902.
**''The Bugle. The monthly journal of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry''. 1922-
* The [[National Army Museum]], in its online catalogue lists editions for 1903-1906 and a broken range of editions from 1922
== External Links ==
*[http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Leisure_and_Culture/Museums_and_Galleries/Doncaster_Museum_and_Art_Gallery/Kings_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry_Museum.asp King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080624223754/http://www.parsonsfamily.co.uk/acton/afghan1.php Diary and Letters: The Afghan War by Colonel Charles Ball-Acton] of the 51st Regiment from the Parsons Family website now archived. He commanded the 51st in the second phase of the war (second-in-command during the first phase).
*[http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,84254.msg353622.html#msg353622 Extract: "Night Attack on South Picket and Theft in Camp" from ''The Bugle 1st Feb 1879'', the regimental magazine of the 51st]. rootschat.com
===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]]
