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href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">Volunteer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial</a> battalions<br />Up to 6 hostilities-only battalions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Light_Infantry_Brigade" title="Light Infantry Brigade">Light Infantry Brigade</a> (1948 to 1968)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Copthorne_Barracks" title="Copthorne Barracks">Copthorne Barracks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Aucto Splendore Resurgo</i> ("I rise again with increased splendour")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">Quick : 1st Bn : <i>"Old Towler"</i> - 2nd Bn : <i>"The daughter of the regiment"</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edmond_Knox" title="Charles Edmond Knox">Charles Edmond Knox</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Reade" title="Raymond Reade">Raymond Reade</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>King's Shropshire Light Infantry</b> (KSLI) was a <a href="/wiki/Light_infantry" title="Light infantry">light infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, formed in the <a href="/wiki/Childers_Reforms" title="Childers Reforms">Childers Reforms</a> of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. In 1968, the four regiments of the <a href="/wiki/Light_Infantry_Brigade" title="Light Infantry Brigade">Light Infantry Brigade</a> (the KSLI, <a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry">Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry">King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a>) amalgamated to form <b>The Light Infantry</b>, with the 1st KSLI being redesignated as the 3rd Battalion of the new regiment. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)</b> was formed on 1 July 1881 as the county regiment of <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Childers_Reforms" title="Childers Reforms">Childers Reforms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was renamed as <b>The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)</b> on 10 March 1882.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrederick1984141_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrederick1984141-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment was an amalgamation of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot</a> and the <a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)">85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a>, which became the regular 1st and 2nd Battalions. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">militia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">rifle volunteers</a> units within the regimental district as battalions of the regiment. Accordingly, the <b>Shropshire Militia</b> and <b>Royal Herefordshire Militia</b> became the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions respectively, and the 1st and 2nd <b>Shropshire Rifle Volunteer Corps</b> became the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions. The <b>1st Herefordshire (Herefordshire and Radnorshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps</b> was also affiliated as a volunteer battalion, without change of title.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1st battalion of the KSLI was stationed in Egypt from 1882, and served with distinction in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_War" title="Anglo-Egyptian War">Anglo-Egyptian War</a>. The battalion transferred to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> where it was from 1883 to 1891, but was back in the Eastern Sudan serving in the <a href="/wiki/Soudan_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Soudan Expedition">Soudan Expedition</a> 1886–87. From 1891 the battalion was in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, and three years later it was moved to <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a>, serving there until early 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last posting in India was at <a href="/wiki/Poona" class="mw-redirect" title="Poona">Poona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the end of the war in South Africa in 1902, the battalion went to India on the SS <i>Syria</i> in January 1903,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Ranikhet" title="Ranikhet">Ranikhet</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Haldane_Reforms" title="Haldane Reforms">Haldane Reforms</a>, 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 <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> at <a href="/wiki/Longden_Coleham_drill_hall" title="Longden Coleham drill hall">Longden Coleham</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>. At the same time, the Herefordshire RVC became independent as the <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Light_Infantry" title="Herefordshire Light Infantry">Herefordshire Regiment</a> (TF).<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg/220px-Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg/330px-Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg/440px-Amphipolis_skulls_1916_British_Shropshire_Light_Infantry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="636" /></a><figcaption>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 <a href="/wiki/Amphipolis" title="Amphipolis">Amphipolis</a>, 1916.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_Army">Regular Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Regular Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Nazaire" title="Saint-Nazaire">Saint-Nazaire</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/16th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="16th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">16th Brigade</a> in <a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th Division</a> in September 1914 for service on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2nd Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/80th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Brigade (United Kingdom)">80th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/27th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Division (United Kingdom)">27th Division</a> in December 1914 also for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Territorial_Force">Territorial Force</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Territorial Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1/4th Battalion served in India before landing at Le Havre as part of the <a href="/wiki/159th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">159th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh) Division</a> in July 1917 for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It made an important counter-attack against the Germans at Bligny in June 1918 during the <a href="/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">Spring Offensive</a> for which it was awarded the French <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre" title="Croix de Guerre">Croix de Guerre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/231st_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="231st Brigade (United Kingdom)">231st Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/74th_(Yeomanry)_Division" title="74th (Yeomanry) Division">74th (Yeomanry) Division</a> in May 1918 also for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Armies">New Armies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New Armies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 5th (Service) Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Boulogne-sur-Mer" title="Boulogne-sur-Mer">Boulogne-sur-Mer</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_North_West" class="mw-redirect" title="42nd Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North West">42nd Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/14th_(Light)_Division" title="14th (Light) Division">14th (Light) Division</a> in May 1915 also for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-Sur-Mer as part of the <a href="/wiki/60th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="60th Brigade (United Kingdom)">60th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/20th_(Light)_Division" title="20th (Light) Division">20th (Light) Division</a> in July 1915 also for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the <a href="/wiki/76th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Brigade (United Kingdom)">76th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th Division</a> in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 8th (Service) Battalion landed in France as part of the <a href="/wiki/66th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="66th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">66th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd Division</a> in September 1915 but sailed to <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Salonika</a> in November 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was disbanded there on 1 December 1918 and its personnel transferred to the 2nd Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrederick1984143_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrederick1984143-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Between_the_wars">Between the wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Between the wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 September 1919, during the <a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">Irish War of Independence</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Fermoy" title="Fermoy">Fermoy</a> was ambushed on a church parade by an IRA unit under the command of <a href="/wiki/Liam_Lynch_(Irish_republican)" title="Liam Lynch (Irish republican)">Liam Lynch</a>; one soldier was killed, four wounded and the rest disarmed by the motor-borne raiders. After the failure of a local coroner's inquest to return a murder verdict on the dead man, the next day 200 soldiers attacked businesses belonging to members of the inquest jury in an unofficial reprisal.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1921, the regiment was renamed as <b>The King's Shropshire Light Infantry</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After its Irish posting, the Second Battalion was moved away in December 1922 to <a href="/wiki/Tidworth_Camp" title="Tidworth Camp">Tidworth</a>. A further journey followed to Minden Barracks in Cologne in 1924 as part of the garrison of the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Rhineland" title="Occupation of the Rhineland">demilitarised Rhineland</a>, and across the river in January 1926 to <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a>, where its band played the regular round of paid civilian engagements as well as appearing at both the 1924 and 1925 <a href="/wiki/British_Empire_Exhibition" title="British Empire Exhibition">Empire Exhibitions</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Garrison" title="Aldershot Garrison">Aldershot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11295.jpg 2x" data-file-width="794" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry queue for their rations at a rest camp in Holland, 26 October 1944.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_Army_2">Regular Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Regular Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion would serve with the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd Infantry Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st Infantry Division</a> for the entire war.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Corporal Thomas Priday was killed by a land mine near <a href="/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a> on 9 December 1939 when the 1st Battalion was based near the <a href="/wiki/Maginot_Line" title="Maginot Line">Maginot Line</a> as part of the original <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> that was sent to France at the outbreak of war.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Battle of Dunkirk</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tunisia_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisia Campaign">Tunisia Campaign</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Battle of Anzio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-museum_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2nd Battalion began the war in Jamaica, with a company detached to the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Garrison" title="Bermuda Garrison">Bermuda Garrison</a>. The battalion would eventually join the <a href="/wiki/185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">185th Infantry Brigade</a>, which included the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a> and the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a>. The brigade was originally assigned to the <a href="/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">79th Armoured Division</a>, but was then transferred to the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd British Infantry Division</a> in April 1943,<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the division was preparing to <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">invade Sicily</a>, until it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/1st_Canadian_Division" title="1st Canadian Division">1st Canadian Infantry Division</a>. The battalion took part in the <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a> landings of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, where they failed to capture the D-Day objective of <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Caen</a> due to the presence of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">21st Panzer Division</a>. The 2nd Battalion fought in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Normandy Campaign</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a> and the rest of the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Europe_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Europe Campaign">North West Europe Campaign</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Second Army (United Kingdom)">British Second Army</a>. In March 1945, <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Stokes" title="James Stokes">James Stokes</a>, a Scotsman, of the 2nd Battalion was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Territorial_Army">Territorial Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Territorial Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_B11289.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="798" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry march back from the front line for a four-day rest, 26 October 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 4th Battalion was a 1st Line <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA) unit assigned to the <a href="/wiki/159th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">159th Infantry Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 17 May 1942, the 4th KSLI, along with the brigade, were transferred to become the <a href="/wiki/Motorized_infantry" title="Motorized infantry">motorised infantry</a> element of the <a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th "Black Bull" Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They spent many months training in preparation for Operation Overlord and the 4th KSLI, like the 2nd Battalion, also served with distinction in the North West Europe Campaign. In October 1944, Sergeant <a href="/wiki/George_Harold_Eardley" title="George Harold Eardley">George Harold Eardley</a> of the 4th Battalion was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in knocking out multiple enemy machine guns.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/114th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="114th Brigade (United Kingdom)">114th Infantry Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh) Infantry Division</a>, a 2nd Line duplicate of the 53rd (Welsh) Division which the 4th Battalion was originally assigned.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion remained within the United Kingdom on home defence duties. In 1944, the battalion was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th Infantry (Reserve) Division</a> and later the 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division. With these two formations, the battalion served as a training unit for both the KSLI and the <a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="North Staffordshire Regiment">North Staffordshire Regiment</a>, eventually sending over 100 officers and 4,000 other ranks to the front-line as trained replacements.<sup id="cite_ref-museum_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hostilities-only">Hostilities-only</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Hostilities-only"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A hostilities-only unit, the 6th Battalion was raised in June 1940 and assigned to the <a href="/wiki/204th_Independent_Infantry_Brigade_(Home)" title="204th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)">204th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)</a>, later part of <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Division" title="Lincolnshire County Division">Lincolnshire County Division</a>. The 6th Battalion was converted into <a href="/wiki/181st_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> in March 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-181Fd_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181Fd-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish) Infantry Division</a>, wearing Scottish <a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27_Shanter_(cap)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tam o' Shanter (cap)">Tam o' Shanter</a> caps and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> badges, but still with a regimental badge of a gold light infantry bugle horn embroidered on a green background.<sup id="cite_ref-181Fd_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181Fd-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Shropshire Gunners supported 15th (Scottish) throughout the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">North West Europe Campaign</a> from Normandy to Germany, being the first field artillery regiment across both the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">Elbe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 7th and 8th Battalions were, like the 6th Battalion, raised in 1940. The 7th Battalion was converted to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=99th_Anti-Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="99th Anti-Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">99th Anti-Tank Regiment</a> in November 1942, but was disbanded in December 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrederick1984143_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrederick1984143-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 8th (<a href="/wiki/Home_Service_Battalions" title="Home Service Battalions">Home Defence</a>) Battalion was raised specifically for home defence duties until it became a training unit until 1943 when it was disbanded.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1948, the KSLI was reduced to one regular battalion and became part of the <a href="/wiki/Light_Infantry_Brigade" title="Light Infantry Brigade">Light Infantry Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The KSLI was to participate in <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and was the longest-serving British regiment, alongside the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, the Brigade's four regiments (the KSLI, <a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry">Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry">King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a>) were amalgamated to form <b>The Light Infantry</b>, with the 1st KSLI being redesignated as the 3rd Battalion of the new regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_museum">Regimental museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Regimental museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The KSLI was based at <a href="/wiki/Copthorne_Barracks" title="Copthorne Barracks">Copthorne Barracks</a> in Shrewsbury. Its regimental museum has been located in <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Castle" title="Shrewsbury Castle">Shrewsbury Castle</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Yeomanry" title="Shropshire Yeomanry">Shropshire Yeomanry</a> and the Shropshire Artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum was attacked by the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_IRA" class="mw-redirect" title="Provisional IRA">IRA</a> in 1992 and extensive damage to the collection and to some of the Castle resulted: it re-opened in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As well as inheriting the <a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">battle honours</a> of the 53rd and 85th Foot, the KSLI bore the following honours on their <a href="/wiki/Military_colours" class="mw-redirect" title="Military colours">colours</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-Regiments_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Early wars</i> <ul><li>Egypt 1882, Suakin 1885, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902</li></ul></li> <li><i>Ten selected honours for the First World War:</i> <ul><li>Armentieres, 1914, Ypres 1915, '17, Frezenberg, Somme 1916, '18, Arras, 1917, '18, Cambrai, 1917, '18, Bligny, Epehy, Doiran, 1917, '18, Jerusalem</li></ul></li> <li><i>Ten selected honours for the Second World War:</i> <ul><li>Dunkirk, 1940, Normandy Landing, Antwerp, Venraij, Hochwald, Bremen, North-West Europe 1940, '44-'45, Tunis, Anzio, Italy, 1943-5</li></ul></li> <li><i>Later wars</i> <ul><li>Korea, 1951-2</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonels">Colonels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following served as Colonel of the regiment:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Trollope" title="Charles Trollope">Sir Charles Trollope</a>, KCB (1st Bn 27 December 1868)</li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_de_Bathe,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Baronet">Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Baronet</a> KCB (2nd Bn 25 April 1880)</li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edmond_Knox" title="Charles Edmond Knox">Sir Charles Edmond Knox</a> KCB (6 January 1907)</li> <li>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Reade" title="Raymond Reade">Raymond Northland Revell Reade</a>, CB (19 January 1921)</li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grant_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Grant (British Army officer)">Sir Charles John Cecil Grant</a>, KCB, KCVO, DSO (16 February 1931)</li> <li>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Grover_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Grover (British Army officer)">John Malcolm Lawrence Grover</a>, CB, MC (1 January 1947)</li> <li>Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Down" title="Ernest Down">Sir Ernest Edward Down</a>, KBE, CB (5 May 1955)</li> <li>Major-General <a href="/wiki/William_Reginald_Cox" title="William Reginald Cox">William Reginald Cox</a>, CB, DSO (5 November 1957)</li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Musson" title="Geoffrey Musson">Sir Geoffrey Randolph Dixon Musson</a>, GCB, CBE, DSO (5 November 1963)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_soldiers">Notable soldiers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable soldiers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Private Arthur "Nick" Carter served with the regiment from 1901 to 1951. He actively served in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> (1899–1902) and <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> (1914–1918). When he retired, he was the oldest serving member of the British Army. He earned ten Good Conduct stripes and the <a href="/wiki/Army_Long_Service_and_Good_Conduct_Medal" title="Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal">Long Service and Good Conduct Medal</a> with two clasps for 48 years of good service, the only soldier in British Army history to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients_of_the_Victoria_Cross">Recipients of the Victoria Cross</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Recipients of the Victoria Cross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/George_Harold_Eardley" title="George Harold Eardley">George Harold Eardley</a>, 4th Battalion, Second World War<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/Charles_Irwin" title="Charles Irwin">Charles Irwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/James_Stokes" title="James Stokes">James Stokes</a>, 2nd Battalion, Second World War</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/Harold_Whitfield" title="Harold Whitfield">Harold Edward Whitfield</a>, 10th (<a href="/wiki/Shropshire_Yeomanry" title="Shropshire Yeomanry">Shropshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Yeomanry" title="Cheshire Yeomanry">Cheshire</a> <a href="/wiki/Yeomanry" title="Yeomanry">Yeomanry</a>) Battalion, Great War</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment" title="Devonshire Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</a> <small>(1685–1958)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_(Dorsetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot">39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1719–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(West_Norfolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot">54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">Somerset Light Infantry</a> <small>(1685–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_(Cornwall)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot">32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot</a> 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a> <small>(1958–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry">Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</a> <small>(1959–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a> <small>(1968–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment">Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment</a> <small>(1994–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Royal_Regiment" title="Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment">Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment</a> <small>(1959–1994)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets" title="Royal Green Jackets">Royal Green Jackets</a> 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href="/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)" title="Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)">Buffs (East Kent Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Northumberland Fusiliers">Northumberland Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers" title="Royal Fusiliers">Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="King's Regiment (Liverpool)">King's (Liverpool Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Norfolk Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment" title="Royal Lincolnshire Regiment">Lincolnshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a 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Howards">Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Fusiliers" title="Lancashire Fusiliers">Lancashire Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">Royal Scots Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">Cheshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers" title="Royal Welch Fusiliers">Royal Welsh Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles)" title="Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)">Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers" title="Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers">Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Regiment" title="Worcestershire Regiment">Worcestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Regiment">East Lancashire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Surrey_Regiment" title="East Surrey Regiment">East Surrey Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall%27s_Light_Infantry" title="Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry">Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Wellington's Regiment">Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Regiment" title="Border Regiment">Border Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Sussex_Regiment" title="Royal Sussex Regiment">Royal Sussex Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Hampshire_Regiment" title="Royal Hampshire Regiment">Hampshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a 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