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A researcher has advised: The 51st Light Infantry arrived ==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 Calcutta from [[Pegu]]*'''1854''' Left [[Burma]] for England in December of *'''1857. The Regiment remained stationed near the seat of government in Calcutta and although the odd man or two might have been on detachment with other regiments and thus have seen action, as a regiment the 51st saw no fighting during the Mutiny and did not qualify for ''' Returned to India due to the [[Indian Mutiny medal.]] (see below)*'''1863''' India*'''1872''' India*'''1881''' [[Dinapore]]*'''1886''' [[3rd Burma War]]
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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'
===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 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.lightinfantryregiments.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/koylideploy/uk/reg-inf/kingyork_index105.htm KOYLIs on Lightinfantry2nd 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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