Great Britain

The King’s Light Infantry

Kingdom of Great Britain
 
1755: 55rd Regiment of Foot
1757: 53rd Regiment of Foot

53rd-Foot
1782: 53rd (Shropshire)
Regiment of Foot

1793:
85th Regiment of Foot
1800:
2nd Bn raised
1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1802:
2nd Bn disbanded
1802:

85th (Bucks Volunteers)
Regiment of Foot

1803: 2nd Bn raised

1808:


85th (Bucks Volunteers)
Regiment of Foot
(Light Infantry)

1817: 2nd Bn 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)

53rd Foot
85th Foot
53rd Foot
layout
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
layout layout
1881: 1st Bn, 2nd Bn,
The Shropshire Regiment
(King’s Light Infantry)
The King’s Light Infantry
(Shropshire Regiment)
Shropshire
1882: The King’s
(Shropshire Light Infantry)

KSLI
1920: The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry

1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1948: 2nd Bn disbanded
1948:
part of
The Light Infantry Brigade
1958: Light-Infantry
1968: 3rd Battalion,
The Light Infantry
part of
The Light Division
Light-Infantry
1993: 2nd Battalion,
The Light Infantry
2007: 3rd Battalion,
The Rifles
RIFLES
2023: RIFLES