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53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1755.12.21 |
55th Regiment of Foot
raised in north of England |
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1756.12.25 |
53rd Regiment of Foot
renumbered upon disbandment of old 50th Foot (Shirley's) [1746-48, 1754-57] and 51st Foot (Pepperell's) [1744-48, 1754-56] |
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1782.08.31 |
53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1881.07.01 |
amalgamated with 85th Foot to form The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) |
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BATTLE HONOURS LINKS ARE INOPERATIVE
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Nieuport, Tournay, St. Lucia 1796, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse, Peninsula, Aliwal, Sobraon, Goojerat, Punjaub, Lucknow
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Uniform: |
coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: scarlet, turnbacks: scarlet, lacings: not known |
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1755.12.01 |
Lt-Gen. William Whitmore [also 9th Foot] |
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1759.04.05 |
Maj-Gen. John Toovey |
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1770.02.05 |
Gen. Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone [also 120th Foot [1762-63, 1794-96] |
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1794.04.03 |
Gen. Gerard (Lake), 1st Viscount Lake [also 73rd Foot, 80th Foot; C-in-C India] |
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1796.11.02 |
Maj-Gen. Welbore Ellis Doyle |
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1798.01.03 |
Gen. Charles Crosbie |
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1807.03.01 |
Lt-Gen. Sir John Abercromby, GCB |
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1817.02.04 |
Gen. Sir Rowland (Hill), 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH, KC [also RHG,
72nd Foot, 94th Foot; CinC] |
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1830.11.09 |
F.M. Fitzroy James Henry (Somerset), 1st Lord Raglan, GCB |
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1854.05.08 |
Gen. Sir John MacDonald, GCB [also 42nd Foot, 67th Foot, 92nd Foot] |
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1855.05.25 |
Lt-Gen. William Sutherland [also
93rd Foot] |
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1860.06.04 |
Gen. Frederick Maunsell [also
85th Foot] |
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1865.04.02 |
Maj-Gen. Charles William Ridley, CB |
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1867.02.02 |
Lt-Gen. William George Gold [also 32nd Foot] |
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1868.12.27 |
Gen. Sir Charles Trollope, KCB |
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Mottos: |
Aucto Splendore Resurgo |
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Nicknames: |
The Brickdusts, The Old Five and Threepennies |
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Marches: |
Old Towler, The Farmer's Boy |
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