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and earned its first battle honour "Kvam" before it was evacuated on 1 May / 2 May. A period of training followed, with the battalion spending time in Scotland, Lancashire and Northern Ireland. In January 1942, the battalion commenced training for tropical service and moved to Poona, India. It was
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units into the regiments formed in 1881. Accordingly, the 1st West Yorks Rifles Militia became the 3rd Militia Battalion, while the 3rd Administrative Battalion West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps became the 1st Volunteer Battalion. In 1897, the regimental title was changed to the
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Private Ward was the last Victoria Cross holder to actually have his VC pinned on his chest by Queen Victoria herself. He attended Windsor Castle in December 1900 and was the last of the party of four to be decorated. Queen Victoria died the following month.
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throughout the War. The Battalion first saw action when it was transferred to Norway in April 1940 as part of the disastrous British and French intervention against the German invasion, serving as part of "Mauriceforce" at
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then decided to train for desert warfare and so the battalion was moved to Iran and then the Canal Zone for further training. The battalion next saw action in July 1943 during the
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to rest and refit. The battalion remained there until early 1945, when it was transferred to Italy again, only to be transferred to Marseilles in March 1945 for service in
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and it was reported that a guard of honour and a military band was provided by men of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. The regiment was on parade opposite
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During 1912, one battalion of the Regiment was stationed in Hong Kong. On 15 March 1912, a ceremony was held for the departure from the Colony of the Governor,
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The badge of the regiment is unique amongst English light infantry regiments as the horn is of the 'French Hunting' type (with a twist). In its centre is the
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in January 1757. In 1782, in common with other regiments of the line, the 51st was given a "county" designation, becoming the
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The 8th Battalion was a war service battalion raised in July 1940. It was transferred to the Royal Artillery and became the
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in July 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the
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when the 4th Battalion was split in two, creating the 1/4th Battalion and the 2/4th Battalion. The 2/4th fought with the
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until returning to England in August 1942. Following training for the invasion of France, the Battalion did not land on
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in early 1944 until, due to a severe shortage of manpower in the Italian theatre, it was disbanded later in the year.
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in autumn 1916. The 12th (Service) Battalion (Miners) (Pioneers) landed in Egypt as pioneer battalion for the
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in November 1899. The battalion stayed in South Africa throughout the war, which ended in June 1902 with the
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and served with it for the rest of the war, fighting in North-western Europe from June 1944 until May 1945.
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in 1839. In 1861 East India Company forces were absorbed into the British Army, and the regiment became the
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The 7th Battalion was formed on 3 July 1940 as an infantry battalion. However, in June 1941, it became the
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Men of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry climb a steep hill in Italy, November 1943.
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with the rest of the 49th Division in May 1940 as part "Alabasterforce", where they were part of the
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Men of the 1st Battalion, KOYLI arriving on the quayside at Namsos during the evacuation, 2 May 1940.
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Troops of the 12th (Service) Battalion, KOYLI break for food amdist the ruins of Feuchy, April 1917.
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in 1908, the 1st Volunteer Battalion was reorganised as the 4th Battalion at Bank Street in
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The Seven Years' War, The Peninsular War, Waterloo, The Boer War, World War I, World War II
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in December 1915 and then moved to France in March 1916 for service on the Western Front.
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in August 1915 for service on the Western Front and then moved to Italy in November 1917.
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in August 1914 also for service on the Western Front; the 2nd Battalion saw action at the
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A fighting patrol of the 1/4th Battalion, KOYLI in North West Europe. Armed with rifles,
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in 1942. However, the battalion saw little active service afterwards, remaining in
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in 1918 for acts of bravery on the Western Front, served with the 2/4th Battalion.
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51st(2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Light Infantry Napoleonic Re-enactment Group
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Reduced to one regular battalion after the war, the regiment was deployed to
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in Italy in July 1918. The 2nd Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the
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and the 105th became its 2nd Battalion. The Childers Reforms also combined
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The 2nd Battalion, also a Regular Army unit, fought as a rearguard in the
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Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Peninsular War
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51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment
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Quick: "Jockey to the Fair", Double: "The Keel Row", Slow: "Minden March"
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The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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in 1956 and returned to Malaya in 1962 during the early stages of the
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The 9th and 10th (Service) Battalions landed in France as part of the
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The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the
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49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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and then in AA defence of airfields during the Eighth Army's dash to
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but landed in France on 9 June 1944 and was soon fighting in the
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1903–1913 Lieutenant-General Frederick George Thomas Deshon, CB
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in January 1917 also for service on the Western Front. Lt-Col
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in April 1915 for service on the Western Front. The 2/4th and
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in 1809, and in 1821 the regiment was given royal status when
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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)
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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of the same battalion was awarded the VC for actions at the
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A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army
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in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front.
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Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
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Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
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The following members of the regiment were awarded the
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
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Military units and formations in Burma in World War II
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1966–1968 Major-General Charles Julius Deedes, OBE, MC
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from 1899 until they in September 1902 transferred to
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1968
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King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
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was given in honour of its former commander General
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King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (51st and 105th)
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King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
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Burma 1885–87, Modder River, South Africa 1899–1902
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George IV (who conferred the 'Royal' title in 1821)
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Following the outbreak of the 3117:Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2742:Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2340:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 1218:The regiment's battle honours were as follows: 1090:in 1967. The regiment was amalgamated with the 894:The 2/4th Battalion was created in 1939 in the 677:novelist, served with the 9th Battalion at the 499:of a KOYLI private who died a month before the 2882:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2511:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2348:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 2316:105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) 1376:"Office investment with development potential" 627:in May 1915 for service on the Western Front. 438:in October 1899, the battalion transferred to 355:105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) 3229:Regiments of the British Army in World War II 3127:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 3107:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2603: 2364:61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 2356:28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 2223: 1839: 1837: 1738:(Supplement). 3 December 1920. p. 12037. 1709:The West Riding Territorials in the Great War 867:. The Battalions' last battle was during the 736:, and was sent to France in 1939, as part of 375:to co-locate with the 51st Regiment in 1879. 47:The 'French' Horn and White Rose of the KOYLI 8: 3224:Regiments of the British Army in World War I 3189:Light Infantry regiments of the British Army 3112:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2927:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2198:Rifles, Light Infantry and KOYLI Association 378: 2987:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2837:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1485: 1483: 1481: 422:The 2nd battalion (105th) was stationed at 2610: 2596: 2588: 2249: 2230: 2216: 2208: 734:1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 18:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 3199:1881 establishments in the United Kingdom 2737:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 2707:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2085:"The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1357: 1355: 1116:Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum 935:53rd (KOYLI) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 929:The 5th Battalion was transferred to the 3017:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2937:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 2428:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2332:85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) 2300:46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 2165:. Uckfield: Naval & Military Press. 1652: 1650: 1648: 1646: 1644: 1642: 1640: 1638: 1636: 839:. The 1/4th Battalion fought during the 1697:(Supplement). 8 May 1918. p. 5555. 1351: 1070:in 1954 as part of the response to the 379:The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2912:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2098: 2052:. National Army Museum. Archived from 1996: 1994: 1992: 1990: 1814: 1812: 1810: 1757:. National Army Museum. Archived from 1749: 1747: 1745: 1118:is housed in the same building as the 933:before the war and converted into the 369:105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regiment 28: 3158:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 2917:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 2692:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2404:43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot 2002:"King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1820:"King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1755:"King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1658:"King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1541:"King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1516:"Naval & Military intelligence". 1491:"King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry" 1454: 1452: 1425: 1423: 1325:1968 – Regiment amalgamated with the 591:(VC) posthumously for his actions at 587:commanding 5th KOYLI was awarded the 406:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 341:was added to its title, becoming the 34:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 7: 2682:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2538:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 2276:54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 2125:Discovering English County Regiments 1938:"The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons" 1847:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, 1327:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 1134:, linking to the regiment's home in 1092:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 809:49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 803:The 1/4th Battalion served with the 765:before, in July 1944, being sent to 276:, which in turn was merged with the 262:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 219:Maj-Gen. C J Deedes OBE MC (1966–68) 170:Dark Green, Royal Blue and Off-White 3184:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2463:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2412:52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 2396:99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 2268:39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 695:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 531:in October 1915 and then landed at 523:in January 1915 for service on the 411:The 1st battalion was stationed at 244:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2922:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 2562:Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment 2324:53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 2161:Joslen, Lt-Col H. F. (2003). 1416:. 1 July 1881. pp. 3300–3301. 1259:1881–1888 (2nd Battalion) General 1253:1881–1890 (1st Battalion) General 575:landed at Le Havre as part of the 361:2nd Madras European Light Infantry 25: 3085:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 2832:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2455:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2388:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 2380:66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 2183:Minden & the Seven Years' War 1891:57 (KOYLI) LAA Rgt at RA 1939–45. 1782:A Victorian Son, an autobiography 693:In 1921, the regiment became the 495:headstone in Rose Hill Cemetery, 2471:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2292:32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 1973:"Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons" 1331:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1191:Lt Col O. C. S. Watson 1120:Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery 1096:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1084:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation 1066:. The regiment was then sent to 1022:The 9th Battalion (formerly the 863:, where they then fought in the 266:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 208:Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 82: 65: 41: 2977:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2897:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2877:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2144:British Army Handbook 1939–1945 1940:. Regiments.org. Archived from 1617:. Regiments.org. Archived from 1493:. Regiments.org. Archived from 1462:. Regiments.org. Archived from 1433:. Regiments.org. Archived from 728:, alongside the 1st Battalion, 595:on 27 March 1918, and Sergeant 581:62nd (2nd West Riding) Division 2677:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2530:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 2026:. Ogilby Trust. Archived from 1912:"94 Light AA Regiment RA (TA)" 1024:Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons 753:, before fighting through the 371:. The 105th Regiment moved to 278:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 1: 2802:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2797:King's Own Scottish Borderers 2146:. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. 1914:. Blue Yonder. Archived from 1868:. Blue Yonder. Archived from 1314:1960–1966 Lieutenant-General 1307:1950–1960 Lieutenant-General 1232:The Great War (26 battalions) 603:(2 September 1918). Corporal 3035:Honourable Artillery Company 2857:South Staffordshire Regiment 2807:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2004:. British Army Units 1945 on 511:The 1st Battalion landed at 2952:York and Lancaster Regiment 2712:King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2702:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2656:Guards Machine Gun Regiment 1161:Maj C. A. L. Yate 965:. Afterwards, it landed in 959:Second Battle of El Alamein 918:in the final stages of the 724:unit, was serving with the 319:in 1755 and renumbered the 3255: 3075:Highland Cyclist Battalion 3070:Northern Cyclist Battalion 2687:Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1288:Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne 1249:Regimental Colonels were: 1223:From 51st Regiment of Foot 997:) in the Greek rebellion. 989:, with which it served in 914:. They also fought in the 853:clearing the Channel Coast 352: 304: 2902:Northamptonshire Regiment 1381:. Edisons. Archived from 1295:Sir Charles Parker Deedes 977:. This saw action in the 975:57th (KOYLI) LAA Regiment 849:Second Battle of the Odon 747:Allied invasion of Sicily 468:With the creation of the 442:, where it fought at the 40: 2932:King's Royal Rifle Corps 2822:East Lancashire Regiment 2812:Gloucestershire Regiment 2697:Northumberland Fusiliers 2495:Royal Berkshire Regiment 2487:Gloucestershire Regiment 2420:King's Royal Rifle Corps 1843:Norman E.H. Litchfield, 1300:1947–1950 Major General 1261:George Alexander Malcolm 1255:Arnold Charles Errington 1245:Colonels of the Regiment 1054:in 1948 to take part in 1017:Guards Armoured Division 941:and on the beach at the 751:Allied invasion of Italy 607:, who was awarded three 3151:Channel Islands Militia 3095:Territorial Battalions 3045:Cambridgeshire Regiment 3012:Royal Munster Fusiliers 2962:Highland Light Infantry 2817:Worcestershire Regiment 2757:Leicestershire Regiment 2747:East Yorkshire Regiment 2284:Somerset Light Infantry 1780:Cloete, Stuart (1972). 1431:"1st West York Militia" 1167:L/Cpl F. W. Holmes 869:Second Battle of Arnhem 861:Operation Market Garden 565:3rd West Riding Brigade 3234:Regiments of Yorkshire 3204:British light infantry 3080:Kent Cyclist Battalion 3065:Herefordshire Regiment 3060:Hertfordshire Regiment 3055:Inns of Court Regiment 3040:Monmouthshire Regiment 3007:Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2180:Knowles, Lees (1914). 2142:Forty, George (1998). 2127:. Shire Publications. 1822:. British Armed Forces 1660:. The Long, Long Trail 1530:Hart′s Army list, 1903 1062:operations during the 983:Syria–Lebanon Campaign 955:10th Armoured Division 920:North African Campaign 904:46th Infantry Division 900:138th Infantry Brigade 891: 821:Adrian Carton de Wiart 805:146th Infantry Brigade 785: 710: 658: 503: 444:Battle of Modder River 118:Light Infantry Brigade 2957:Durham Light Infantry 2847:Royal Sussex Regiment 2792:South Wales Borderers 2787:Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2777:Royal Scots Fusiliers 2752:Bedfordshire Regiment 2722:Lincolnshire Regiment 2479:Durham Light Infantry 2123:Beckett, Ian (2003). 1335:Durham Light Infantry 1179:Sgt J. W. Ormsby 1100:Durham Light Infantry 1036:1st Armoured Division 1032:18th Infantry Brigade 953:. It served with the 945:and was then sent to 910:with the rest of the 890:, Elst, 2 March 1945. 877: 865:Battle of the Scheldt 790:retreat through Burma 783: 738:5th Infantry Division 726:15th Infantry Brigade 720:The 1st Battalion, a 708: 656: 640:20th (Light) Division 625:14th (Light) Division 601:Battle of Havrincourt 491: 313:53rd Regiment of Foot 270:Durham Light Infantry 186:Minden Day (1 August) 2862:Dorsetshire Regiment 2827:East Surrey Regiment 2772:Lancashire Fusiliers 2762:Royal Irish Regiment 1238:The Second World War 1034:and attached to the 1006:Royal Armoured Corps 771:North-western Europe 569:West Riding Division 459:Sir Frederick Lugard 448:Peace of Vereeniging 3142:Glasgow Highlanders 2942:Manchester Regiment 2727:Devonshire Regiment 2661:Household Battalion 2570:Royal Green Jackets 2260:Devonshire Regiment 1804:Army Order 509/1920 1784:. Collins, London. 1621:on 13 November 2007 1579:Hong Kong Telegraph 1497:on 27 February 2007 1388:on 28 November 2014 1203:Lt Col H. 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Liddell Hart 504: 426:in 1884, moved to 365:East India Company 363:was raised by the 274:The Light Infantry 3171: 3170: 3132:Robin Hood Rifles 3027:Territorial Force 2992:Connaught Rangers 2782:Cheshire Regiment 2636:Coldstream Guards 2585: 2584: 2581: 2580: 2574: 2566: 2558: 2550: 2542: 2534: 2515: 2507: 2499: 2491: 2483: 2475: 2467: 2459: 2451: 2432: 2424: 2416: 2408: 2400: 2392: 2384: 2376: 2368: 2360: 2352: 2344: 2336: 2328: 2320: 2312: 2304: 2296: 2288: 2280: 2272: 2264: 1437:on 2 January 2007 1309:Sir Harold Redman 1110:Regimental museum 1074:. 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Index

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

United Kingdom

British Army
Infantry
Light infantry
Light Infantry Brigade
Pontefract Barracks
Pontefract
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
John Moore
light
infantry
regiment
British Army
Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Durham Light Infantry
The Light Infantry
Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
Royal Green Jackets
The Rifles
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot
Leeds
Light Infantry
Sir John Moore
105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)
East India Company

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