Great Britain

The King’s Light Infantry

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1755:	55th Regiment of Foot │
1757:	53rd Regiment of Foot │
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1782:	53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot │
1793:	│ │	85th Regiment of Foot │
1800:	│ │	2nd Battalion raised │
1801:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1802:	│ │	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1802:	│ │ │	85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot │
1803:	2nd Battalion raised │	│ │
1808:	│ │ │ │	85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) │
1817:	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │
1821:	│ │ │ │	85th (or The Duke of York’s Own) Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) │
1827:	│ │ │ │	85th, or The King’s Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	1st Battalion,	2nd Battalion,
	The Shropshire Regiment (King’s Light Infantry) │
	The King’s Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) see also the Militia Battalions and the Volunteer Battalions
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1882:	The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) │
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1920:	The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry │ │
1922:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1948:	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1948:	part of The Light Infantry Brigade │
1958:	│
1968:	3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry
	part of The Light Division
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1993:	2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry │
2007:	3rd Battalion, The Rifles
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2023:	│

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