Great Britain

The King’s Own Light Infantry

	Kingdom of Great Britain
1755:	53st Regiment of Foot │
1757:	51st Regiment of Foot │
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	│	Presidency of Madras
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1766:	│ │	2nd Madras Europeans │
1774:	│ │	2nd Madras European Regiment │
1782:	51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot │	│ │ │ │
1799:	│ │ │	disbanded
1801:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1804:	2nd Bn raised │
1809:	51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) │
1814:	2nd Bn disbanded │
1821:	51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) or The King’s Own Light Infantry │
1839:	│ │ │	2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry │
1859:	│ │	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1859:	│ │	2nd Madras Light Infantry │
1862:	│ │ │ │	transferred to the British Army 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	1st Bn,	2nd Bn,
	The South Yorkshire Regiment (King’s Own Light Infantry) │
	The King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
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1887:	The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
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1920:	The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry │
1922:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1948:	2nd Bn disbanded │
1948:	part of The Light Infantry Brigade │
1950:	│
1958:	│
1968:	2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry
	part of The Light Division
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1993:	1st Battalion, The Light Infantry │
2007:	5th Battalion, The Rifles
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2023:	│