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Known as the '''Known as The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI)'''
== Chronology ==
*'''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''' amalgamated with the [[2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry|105th Regiment of Foot]] and 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'''
*'''2007''' merged with the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles becoming '5 RIFLES'
== External Links Service in British India==*'''1798''' India*'''1801''' [[Ceylon]]*'''1803''' [[1st Kandyan War]]''' *'''1846''' [[Madras]]*'''1847''' [[Poonamallee]]*'''1848-50''' [[Bangalore]]*'''1851''' Poonamallee*'''1852''' [[2nd Burma War]], served at [[Pegu]]*'''1854''' Left [[Burma]] for England*'''1857''' Returned to India due to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_Indian Mutiny]] (2nd_Yorkshire_West_Ridingsee below)_Regiment_of_Foot King*'''1863''' India*'s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry''1872''' India*'''1881''' [[Dinapore] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia*'''1886''' [[http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/koyli/kingyork_index.htm KOYLIs on Lightinfantry.org)3rd Burma War]]
===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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Infantry The Light Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080106070531/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/051-757.htm 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding), or The King's Own Light Infantry Regiment] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113182444/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/051-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218193527/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/051KOYLI.htm The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113182444/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/051-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233651/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/105.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/koyli.htm King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry] lightinfantry.me.uk
*[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]
===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
*[https://archive.org/details/histkoylivol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Volume 3, in the Great War 1914-1918''] by Lt.-Col. Reginald C Bond 1929 Archive.org
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