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in March 1942. At the time, there was a shortage of insignia, so the troops were ordered to cut off the 'KING'S' and 'L.I.' from the ends of their cloth shoulder titles, leaving 'SHROPSHIRE', which led to the regiment's nickname 'the
Shropshire Gunners'. This regiment served with
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The 5th
Battalion was a 2nd Line TA duplicate of the 4th Battalion formed in 1939 on the doubling of the Territorial Army as, by this time, another European conflict seemed inevitable. The battalion was assigned to the
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since 1985 and combines the collections of the 53rd, the 85th, the KSLI to 1968, the local
Militia, Rifle Volunteers and Territorials, as well as those of other county regiments - the
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badges, but still with a regimental badge of a gold light infantry bugle horn embroidered on a green background. The
Shropshire Gunners supported 15th (Scottish) throughout the
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at
Wembley. Bandmaster Burnell was the last to conduct the National Anthem before the withdrawal of British troops from the area in November 1927. The battalion returned to
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Officers of the 2nd King's
Shropshire Light Infantry with skulls excavated during the construction of trenches and dugouts at the ancient Greek site of
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following the war in Europe, the KSLI suffered the
British Army's first casualties at the hands of the IRA when a detachment from a unit stationed at
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392:, the two militia battalions were merged to form the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the 1st and 2nd VBs were merged to form the 4th Battalion
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Armentieres, 1914, Ypres 1915, '17, Frezenberg, Somme 1916, '18, Arras, 1917, '18, Cambrai, 1917, '18, Bligny, Epehy, Doiran, 1917, '18, Jerusalem
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The 2nd battalion was stationed in
Ireland from 1886 to 1894, and in late 1899 embarked for South Africa as part of the reinforcements for the
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and later the 38th
Infantry (Reserve) Division. With these two formations, the battalion served as a training unit for both the KSLI and the
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in July 1917 for service on the
Western Front. It made an important counter-attack against the Germans at Bligny in June 1918 during the
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1057:(1914–1918). When he retired, he was the oldest serving member of the British Army. He earned ten Good Conduct stripes and the
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Men of the 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry march back from the front line for a four-day rest, 26 October 1944.
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in July 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the
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in May 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-Sur-Mer as part of the
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in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The 8th (Service) Battalion landed in France as part of the
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The 7th and 8th Battalions were, like the 6th Battalion, raised in 1940. The 7th Battalion was converted to the
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in November 1915. It was disbanded there on 1 December 1918 and its personnel transferred to the 2nd Battalion.
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Men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry queue for their rations at a rest camp in Holland, 26 October 1944.
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of the 4th Battalion was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in knocking out multiple enemy machine guns.
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in 1992 and extensive damage to the collection and to some of the Castle resulted: it re-opened in 1995.
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Private Arthur "Nick" Carter served with the regiment from 1901 to 1951. He actively served in the
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The 1st battalion of the KSLI was stationed in Egypt from 1882, and served with distinction in the
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576:. A further journey followed to Minden Barracks in Cologne in 1924 as part of the garrison of the
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with two clasps for 48 years of good service, the only soldier in British Army history to do so.
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The Black Bull: From Normandy to the Baltic with the 11th Armoured Division, Patrick Delaforce
373:. Following the end of the war in South Africa in 1902, the battalion went to India on the SS
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A hostilities-only unit, the 6th Battalion was raised in June 1940 and assigned to the
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units within the regimental district as battalions of the regiment. Accordingly, the
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from Normandy to Germany, being the first field artillery regiment across both the
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Guns and Bugles: The Story of the 6th Bn KSLI – 181st Field Regiment RA 1940–1946
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After its Irish posting, the Second Battalion was moved away in December 1922 to
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where it was from 1883 to 1891, but was back in the Eastern Sudan serving in the
272:, with the 1st KSLI being redesignated as the 3rd Battalion of the new regiment.
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In 1948, the KSLI was reduced to one regular battalion and became part of the
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The 1/4th Battalion served in India before landing at Le Havre as part of the
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became the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions respectively, and the 1st and 2nd
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that was sent to France at the outbreak of war. The battalion fought in the
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The Succession of Colonels of the British Army from 1660 to the Present Day
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The 2nd Battalion began the war in Jamaica, with a company detached to the
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for the entire war. Corporal Thomas Priday was killed by a land mine near
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of the 53rd and 85th Foot, the KSLI bore the following honours on their
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1764:, Society for Army Historical Research Special Publication No 11, 1974.
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was also affiliated as a volunteer battalion, without change of title.
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1st Herefordshire (Herefordshire and Radnorshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps
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159:
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Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Korean War
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2008:
49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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was ambushed on a church parade by an IRA unit under the command of
485:. The 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion landed at
404:. At the same time, the Herefordshire RVC became independent as the
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of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the
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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)
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450:
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362:, serving there until early 1903. The last posting in India was at
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1346:"4th (Territorial) Battalion KSLI: Bligny and the Croix de Guerre"
316:
723:, a Scotsman, of the 2nd Battalion was posthumously awarded the
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and it was the longest-serving British regiment, alongside the
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in November 1942, but was disbanded in December 1943. The 8th (
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Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
1843:
1278:"Naval & Military intelligence - Troops returning Home".
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and the Shropshire Artillery. The museum was attacked by the
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on 9 December 1939 when the 1st Battalion was based near the
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
1231:"Locations: 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry"
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Egypt 1882, Suakin 1885, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902
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622:
1784:
A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army
1293:"Naval & Military intelligence - The Army in India".
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in Shrewsbury. Its regimental museum has been located in
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Military units and formations in Bermuda in World War II
2543:
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
2503:
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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461:
in December 1914 also for service on the Western Front.
2403:
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
1193:
1297:. No. 36896. London. 11 October 1902. p. 12.
692:, where they failed to capture the D-Day objective of
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
1282:. No. 36977. London. 14 January 1903. p. 8.
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was formed on 1 July 1881 as the county regiment of
1746:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
1065:
497:in May 1918 also for service on the Western Front.
2773:Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
1681:. British Light Infantry Regiments. 10 August 2009
1442:"The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1939 - 1945"
676:in April 1943, when the division was preparing to
2254:British infantry regiments of the First World War
1944:51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot
975:The following served as Colonel of the regiment:
869:In 1968, the Brigade's four regiments (the KSLI,
335:became the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions. The
2811:
2583:Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
2753:Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2378:Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
1976:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
1401:The King's Shropshire Light Infantry: 1881-1968
286:The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)
2518:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
2147:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1984:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)
1952:105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)
1444:. Shropshire Regimental Museum. Archived from
1348:. Shropshire Regimental Museum. Archived from
950:Ten selected honours for the Second World War:
2855:Regiments of the British Army in World War II
2763:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
2743:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2239:
2000:61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
1992:28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
1859:
1744:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
1725:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
940:Ten selected honours for the First World War:
668:. The brigade was originally assigned to the
313:85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot
2860:Regiments of the British Army in World War I
2845:Light Infantry regiments of the British Army
2748:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2563:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1709:(Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 139.
1485:(Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 139.
1169:
1167:
2835:Military units and formations in Shrewsbury
2830:Military units and formations in Shropshire
2623:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
2473:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1403:, Duckers, Peter, Tempus Publications, 2004
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1163:
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377:in January 1903, where it was stationed at
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656:. The battalion would eventually join the
580:, and across the river in January 1926 to
37:
2373:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
2343:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
1722:
1436:
1434:
1373:
1199:
797:204th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
172:("I rise again with increased splendour")
2653:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
2573:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
2064:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
1968:85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)
1936:46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
1699:
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1325:"The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)"
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358:, and three years later it was moved to
354:1886–87. From 1891 the battalion was in
307:The regiment was an amalgamation of the
47:of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
1412:
1385:
1322:
803:. The 6th Battalion was converted into
613:The 1st Battalion would serve with the
18:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
14:
2812:
2548:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
1741:
1679:"The King's Shropshire Light Infantry"
1655:. British Armed Forces. Archived from
1579:"The King's Shropshire Light Infantry"
1431:
505:The 5th (Service) Battalion landed at
302:The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
2794:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey
2553:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
2328:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
2227:
2040:43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
1847:
1489:
1415:Outbreak: 1939: The World Goes to War
1301:
805:181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
445:in September 1914 for service on the
252:. In 1968, the four regiments of the
2318:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
2174:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
1912:54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
1822:KSLI at Shropshire Regimental Museum
1653:"Succession of Colonels 1755 - 1963"
888:
871:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
660:, which included the 2nd Battalion,
567:The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
481:for which it was awarded the French
464:
258:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
32:The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
2099:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
2048:52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
2032:99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
1904:39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
1059:Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
1043:
1011:, KCB, KCVO, DSO (16 February 1931)
875:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
790:
761:11th "Black Bull" Armoured Division
730:
595:
548:
262:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
136:Up to 6 hostilities-only battalions
24:
2558:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
2198:Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
1960:53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
1257:"King's Shropshire Light Infantry"
1175:"King's Shropshire Light Infantry"
1140:. 1 July 1881. pp. 3300–3301.
1084:53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
1037:Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson
700:. The 2nd Battalion fought in the
672:, but was then transferred to the
411:
309:53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
25:
2876:
2721:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
2468:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2091:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2024:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
2016:66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
1805:
1793:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
1096:, 2nd Battalion, Second World War
1075:, 4th Battalion, Second World War
1039:, GCB, CBE, DSO (5 November 1963)
912:
810:15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
743:The 4th Battalion was a 1st Line
684:. The battalion took part in the
608:
2820:King's Shropshire Light Infantry
2107:King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1928:32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot
1817:British Light Infantry Regiments
1812:King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1568:Whitaker's Almanack 1956, p. 471
1066:Recipients of the Victoria Cross
781:80th Infantry (Reserve) Division
553:On 7 September 1919, during the
541:in September 1915 but sailed to
333:Shropshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
219:King's Shropshire Light Infantry
83:
65:
2613:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
2533:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2513:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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1233:. Regiments.org. Archived from
1177:. Regiments.org. Archived from
988:Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Baronet
983:, KCB (1st Bn 27 December 1868)
680:, until it was replaced by the
428:
346:. The battalion transferred to
2313:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
2166:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
1873:
1627:"Shropshire Regimental Museum"
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1271:
1249:
1223:
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1002:Raymond Northland Revell Reade
777:38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
753:53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
682:1st Canadian Infantry Division
449:. The 2nd Battalion landed at
186:"The daughter of the regiment"
13:
1:
2438:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
2433:King's Own Scottish Borderers
1716:
1417:. Random House. p. 284.
864:King's Own Scottish Borderers
674:3rd British Infantry Division
500:
2671:Honourable Artillery Company
2493:South Staffordshire Regiment
2443:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1791:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
1723:Frederick, J. B. M. (1984).
1016:John Malcolm Lawrence Grover
1009:Sir Charles John Cecil Grant
801:Lincolnshire County Division
785:North Staffordshire Regiment
433:The 1st Battalion landed at
280:
7:
2588:York and Lancaster Regiment
2348:King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2338:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2292:Guards Machine Gun Regiment
1839:The Royal Artillery 1939–45
1032:, CB, DSO (5 November 1957)
970:
881:) were amalgamated to form
696:due to the presence of the
662:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
631:British Expeditionary Force
329:Royal Herefordshire Militia
180:Quick : 1st Bn :
10:
2881:
2711:Highland Cyclist Battalion
2706:Northern Cyclist Battalion
2323:Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1390:. Four Square. p. 16.
990:KCB (2nd Bn 25 April 1880)
917:As well as inheriting the
846:
822:North West Europe Campaign
747:(TA) unit assigned to the
710:North West Europe Campaign
275:
2786:
2729:
2661:
2538:Northamptonshire Regiment
2305:
2259:
2158:
2075:
1888:
1881:
1827:26 September 2014 at the
1771:, Studley: Brewin, 2001,
1386:Bennett, Richard (1959).
1018:, CB, MC (1 January 1947)
555:Irish War of Independence
196:
191:
176:
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106:
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60:
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31:
2568:King's Royal Rifle Corps
2458:East Lancashire Regiment
2448:Gloucestershire Regiment
2333:Northumberland Fusiliers
2131:Royal Berkshire Regiment
2123:Gloucestershire Regiment
2056:King's Royal Rifle Corps
1544:"RA 1939-45 99 A/Tk Rgt"
1500:"RA 1939-45 181 Fld Rgt"
1118:
1088:Indian Rebellion of 1857
858:KSLI was participate in
629:as part of the original
495:74th (Yeomanry) Division
388:In 1908, as part of the
2787:Channel Islands Militia
2731:Territorial Battalions
2681:Cambridgeshire Regiment
2648:Royal Munster Fusiliers
2598:Highland Light Infantry
2453:Worcestershire Regiment
2393:Leicestershire Regiment
2383:East Yorkshire Regiment
1920:Somerset Light Infantry
1742:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
1413:Charman, Terry (2010).
1101:Harold Edward Whitfield
995:Sir Charles Edmond Knox
837:99th Anti-Tank Regiment
706:Operation Market Garden
664:and the 1st Battalion,
578:demilitarised Rhineland
170:Aucto Splendore Resurgo
2840:British light infantry
2716:Kent Cyclist Battalion
2701:Herefordshire Regiment
2696:Hertfordshire Regiment
2691:Inns of Court Regiment
2676:Monmouthshire Regiment
2643:Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1581:. National Army Museum
1220:Hart′s Army list, 1903
1114:) Battalion, Great War
1025:, KBE, CB (5 May 1955)
1023:Sir Ernest Edward Down
1004:, CB (19 January 1921)
893:The KSLI was based at
853:Light Infantry Brigade
773:114th Infantry Brigade
749:159th Infantry Brigade
740:
670:79th Armoured Division
666:Royal Norfolk Regiment
658:185th Infantry Brigade
605:
425:
406:Herefordshire Regiment
268:) amalgamated to form
254:Light Infantry Brigade
145:Light Infantry Brigade
2593:Durham Light Infantry
2483:Royal Sussex Regiment
2428:South Wales Borderers
2423:Royal Welsh Fusiliers
2413:Royal Scots Fusiliers
2388:Bedfordshire Regiment
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1211:Westlake, pp. 209–12.
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1601:"Regimental History"
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1181:on 24 December 2005
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