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***[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17222393?searchTerm=mutiny%20singapore%201915&searchLimits= Subsequent letter to the Editor] ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' Saturday 18 January 1936.  trove.nla.gov.au  
 
***[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17222393?searchTerm=mutiny%20singapore%201915&searchLimits= Subsequent letter to the Editor] ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' Saturday 18 January 1936.  trove.nla.gov.au  
 
**The Diary of Sergeant Ben Nicholas 1914 to 1917. [[53rd Regiment of Foot|4th (Service Battalion) Kings Shropshire Light Infantry]]. "A record of his exploits in India, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia during World War One". Includes the 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
 
**The Diary of Sergeant Ben Nicholas 1914 to 1917. [[53rd Regiment of Foot|4th (Service Battalion) Kings Shropshire Light Infantry]]. "A record of his exploits in India, Burma, Singapore and Malaysia during World War One". Includes the 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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**[http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/singapore-a-mutiny-like-no-other/  Singapore: A Mutiny Like No Other] by Joseph Hammond February 10, 2015 ''The Diplomat''
  
 
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Revision as of 07:36, 15 February 2015

5th & 6th Light Infantry

Known as 5th Light Infantry

Chronology

In the Indian Mutiny the 42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of the Bengal Army regiments, it became the fifth most senior.

  • 1861 became 5th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
  • 1885 became 5th Bengal (Light) Infantry
  • 1903 became 5th Light Infantry
  • 1922 disbanded

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