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53rd (the
Shropshire)
Regiment of Foot |
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United
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1755.12.21 | 55th Regiment
of Foot raised in north of England |
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| 1756.10 | 53rd Regiment
of Foot renumbered upon disbandment of 50th Regiment and 51st Regiment |
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| 1782.08.31 | 53rd (the Shropshire) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1881.07.01 | united with 85th, or The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers), to form The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) | |
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53rd Foot Timeline, by Michael S.Young et al. (British Light Infantry Regiments) | |
| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1755-1881] | ||
2nd Battalion [1803-1817]
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| Depot and Reserves: | ||
| ? Depot Battalion
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| 21st Brigade Depot at Shrewsbury [1873-1881] | ||
| Nieuport, Tournay, St. Lucia 1796, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse, Peninsula, Aliwal, Sobraon, Goojerat, Punjaub, Lucknow | |
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Colours of the 53rd Foot in 1877. | |
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| 1755.12.01 | Lt-Gen. William Whitmore | |
| 1759.04.05 | Maj-Gen. John Toovey | |
| 1770.02.05 | Gen. Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone | |
| 1794.04.03 | Gen. Gerard (Lake), 1st Viscount Lake | |
| 1796.11.02 | Maj-Gen. Welbore Ellis Doyle | |
| 1798.01.03 | Gen. Charles Crosbie | |
| 1807.03.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir John Abercromby, GCB | |
| 1817.02.04 | Gen. Sir Rowland (Hill), 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, KCH, KC | |
| 1830.11.09 | F.M. Fitzroy James Henry (Somerset), 1st Lord Raglan, GCB | |
| 1854.05.08 | Gen. Sir John MacDonald, KCB | |
| 1855.05.25 | Lt-Gen. William Sutherland | |
| 1860.06.04 | Gen. Frederick Maunsell | |
| 1865.04.02 | Maj-Gen. Charles William Ridley, CB | |
| 1867.02.02 | Lt-Gen. William George Gold | |
| 1868.12.27 | Gen. Sir Charles Trollope, KCB | |
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Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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VCs in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart. | |
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The Shropshire Regimental Museum, Shrewsbury (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Shropshire Regimental Museum, by Henrik Teller (Simonides listing). | |
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