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===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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=LfuJG3feW-MC Google Books]. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=LfuJG3feW-MC&pg=PA13 page 13] in 1805 in Madras and continues [http://books.google.com/books?id=LfuJG3feW-MC&pg=PA27 page 27] in 1844 in Calcutta
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
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*'''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 ===
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=166-x6005&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 Discovery catalogue entry] The entire catalogue of the collection can be viewed online and contains several India related items.
*[https://www.shropshirearchives.org.uk Shropshire Archives] Home of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Collection.
*[https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.uk/Regimental%20Museum/ Soldiers of Shropshire Museum]. There is a searchable database of round a fifth of the attestation records for the KSLI (Kings Shropshire Light Infantry) between 1910 and 1929.
===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 [http://wwwbooks.nationalarchivesgoogle.govcom/books?id=LfuJG3feW-MC Google Books].ukIndian Service commences [http:/A2A/recordsbooks.aspxgoogle.com/books?catid=166LfuJG3feW-x6005MC&cidpg=PA13 page 13] in 1805 in Madras and continues [http://books.google.com/books?id=LfuJG3feW-1MC&Gsmpg=2008-06-18PA27 page 27] in 1844 in Calcutta*[https://archive.org/stream/lifeofmrssherwoo00sher#-1 Access page/250/mode/2up The regiment was ordered to Archives catalogue entrythe East Indies, 1805] page 251 ''The entire catalogue Life of Mrs. Sherwood, (chiefly autobiographical) with extracts from Mr. Sherwood’s Journal during his Imprisonment in France & Residence in India''. Edited by her daughter Sophia Kelly 1857 Archive.org. Mrs Mary Martha Sherwood, whose husband was an officer in the collection can be viewed online and contains several India related itemsregiment, wrote children’s books. *[httphttps://wwwen.shropshirewikipedia.gov.ukorg/wiki/archives.nsf Shropshire ArchivesMary_Martha_Sherwood Mary Martha Sherwood] Home of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry CollectionWikipedia.*[http://shropshireregimentsbooks.orggoogle.com.ukau/ Shropshire Regimental Museumbooks?id=tDAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Recollections of a winter campaign in India in 1857-58''] Homepage og by Capt Oliver John Jones, R.N. 1859 Google Books. The author was attached, as a volunteer, to the museum containing regimental histories.53rd Regiment of Foot for five months
===Other===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 53rd Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080109015838/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/053-757.htm 53rd (the Shropshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201022608/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/053-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, now an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220438/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/053KSLI.htm The King's Shropshire Light Infantry] including deployments:[http://web.archive.org/web/20080201022608/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/053-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108235534/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/085-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, now an archived website
*[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20061019092509 53rd Regiment in the Sutlej Campaign] discovershropshire.org.uk
*[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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160413202800/http://military-bands.co.uk/3_li.html military-bands.co.uk], archived, refers to the band of the 53rd Regiment during the [[Indian Mutiny]] and subsequently in India in the 1920s.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081201094215/http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894], now an archived webpage. discovershropshire.org.uk. [http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/ksli/shrop_hongkong.htm K.S.L.I.: Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894] lightinfantry.org.uk. Also see [[Hong Kong]].
*The Diary of Sergeant Ben Nicholas 1914 to 1917 4th (Service Battalion) Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. "A record of his exploits in India, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia during World War One". Includes the [[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|1915 Singapore Mutiny]]. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwulfrunianinlondon.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F01%2Fthe-diary-of-ben-nicholas-1915-to-19174.pdf html version] [http://wulfrunianinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/the-diary-of-ben-nicholas-1915-to-19174.pdf pdf] wulfrunianinlondon.files
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