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... celebrations commemorate an incident in the Peninsula War the Hussars (then the 15th Hussars) and the K.0.YX.1.s (then the 51st Light Infantry) were ordered by Wellington to cross the River Esla and tbe Hussars went the rescue of a number of the infantrymen who ...
... FIRE LIGHTED ON MOOR Robert Sexton (03), retired school master, Orowtrecs. Station Balldon, Otley yesterday was fined with 6s. costs, lor lighting fire on Bal.Won Moor. Constable Spurr said that Whit Sunday found a lour yards wide gorse bush in flumes ...
... Duchess of York visited Gandale Camp and inspected the 4th and sth (Territorial) Battalions of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, of which regiment she is Colonel-in-Chief. There was parade of over 500 men and after the trooping of the colour the ...
... ground, Lt.-Col. Bradley-Williams, who was accompanied by Lieut.-Col. H. E. F. Smyth, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who succeeds the Command to-morrow. ...
... without word about one of the youngest of York- shire's collections —the Regimental Museum of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Pontefract was begun in 1930, but already boasts of nearly 400 exhibits. Mo6t of these have come from ex-members of ...
... battalions served. The Ist Battalion is the 51st Foot and the 2nd Battalion the 105 th. The depot Is Pontefract. are Territorial Army battalions at Wakefield and Doncester. The Saskatoon Light Infantry and the 51st Australian Jnfantry are allied. The Duchess ...
... ceremonial parade. To-morrow is Minden Day, the 180 th anniversary of the Battle of Minden, when the 51st Regiment of Foot, now the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, acquired their greatest battle honour. As usual, the K.O.Y.L.L s at Pontefract will celebrate ...
... Lt. Col. Sir H. Lt.-Col. Sir Henry Earle, 3rd Bart., D.S.O. late 51st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Little Langleys, Steep. Petersfield. Hants., son the late Sir Thomas Earle. of AUerton Tower, Woolton Lanes left £40.365 (net personalty £35,493) ...
... Corps troops. Supplementary Reserve units. 70th end 74th Field Regiments, T.A., and their Signal sections, and the 51st and 52nd Light Antl-Alrcraft Regiments, T.A., and their Signal sections The Royal Air Force will also co-operate. It Is not the purpose ...
... therefore memorable event. over a century ago that the 51st Regiment received the addition King's Light Infantry. with the word Yorkshire to follow a later date. When the Regiments of Infantry of the Line received Territorial designations regard ...
... RuaeeU and 1. M. S. Grant: Loyal Regt.—W, G. B. Allen; King# Own York#. Lirbt Infantry—J. H. B. Deare Oldmao end R. L. N. Yorkshire and Lane*. C. A. Cocper-Kev; Durham Light Infantry—K. M. W. Leo her. 2nd Lts. the Supplementary Reserve Officers be 2nd Lts ...
... of the late Archdeacon Brooke, of Halifax, he entered the Army leaving Winchester. He joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Militia in 188, and transferred to the Regulars two years later. He was in more than thirtv engagements in the South ...