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*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds] includes a section on the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (with photographs) militarysunhelmets.com
 
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds] includes a section on the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (with photographs) militarysunhelmets.com
 
*This link from [http://military-bands.co.uk/3_li.html military-bands.co.uk] refers to the band of the 53rd Regiment during the Indian Mutiny and subsequently in India in the 1920s.
 
*This link from [http://military-bands.co.uk/3_li.html military-bands.co.uk] refers to the band of the 53rd Regiment during the Indian Mutiny and subsequently in India in the 1920s.
*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894]. discovershropshire.org.uk. [http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/149-hong-kong-plague-medal/ Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894] gmic.co.uk
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*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894]. discovershropshire.org.uk. [http://www.citylifehk.com/citylife/eng/history_0911.jsp A Pestilential Place: The Plague Epidemic of 1894 and the Whitewash Brigade] www.citylifehk.com. Includes information about the Hong Kong Plague Medals.

Revision as of 13:13, 9 July 2012

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

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection

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

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