MEMORIAL TO K.O.Y.L.I

... formation 1756, their d.pot beine at Pontefract. When 52 years ago the old 51st was inked with the 105 th, an old East India Company regiment, the title was the King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment), but in the Jubilee year Queen Victoria altej*>i ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1933
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 364 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DUCHESS OF YORK

... famous Five Sisters York Minster will be unveiled to-day by the Duchess of York as a memorial the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, of which she is colonel-in-chief. Like the West Yorkshire Regiment and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1933
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

York Minster Memorial

... 'Five Sisters in York Minster were unveiled to-day by the Duchess of York as a memorial to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. Like the West Yorkshire Regiment and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, the K.0.Y.L ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1933
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Minden Day

... in 1758. their depot being at Pontefract. When, 52 years ago, the old 51st was linked with the 105th, an old East India Company regiment, the title was the King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment), but, in the Jubilee year, Oueen 1 ! Victoria ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1933
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 210 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MINDEN DAY CELEBRATIONS

... in 1756, their depot lieing at Pontefract. When. yeais ago, the oid 51st was linked with the l(V>th—an old Ea>t India I’(mil 1 any ri'giment—the title was the King’s Own Light Infantry (South Vorkshirc Kegiment), but in the jubdee year Q*en Victoria altered ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1933
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

... _ \ Of that number, 6,000 are required for infantry the line and the remainder for various branches of arm services. The Household Brigade and Cavalry of the Line are up to establishment. A number of infantry overseas are being asked to extend their service ...

Published: Friday 13 January 1933
Newspaper: Lichfield Mercury
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 550 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Other Yorkshire Links

... n, and the other to the 33rd Australian Infantry. The K.O.Y.L.1's (the old 51st Foot) have as their regiment in Canada the Saskatoon Light and they are allied also with The York and the Slst Australian Infantry. Lancaster's “ opposite number ” in Canada ...

Published: Thursday 09 November 1933
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 633 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Final Scenes At The Moscow Trial GERMANY FAVOURS BRITISH PLAN A Spolting Match MEMORIAL OF FAMOUS REGT. - ..

... the names of all toettibere of the regiment who lo.t their lives in the wet. The K.0 . Y.L.1 .. then the 51st Foot, Was one of the six British infantry regiments which it Minden. on August I. 11759. attacked and overthrew a superior force of French cavalry—an ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1933
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 433 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BEDALE COUNCILLOR

... Marske, June 18 to July 3. 150 th Infantry Bde, 4th East Yorkshire Regiment. 4th and Green Howards, and 6th Durham Light Infantry. July 8 to 22. 161 st Infantry Brigade. 6th, 7th. Bth and 9th Durham Light ...

M.P.s Less Curious

... were then have their turn. . The Bugle adds: The 61st Light Infantry (now the Yorkshire Light Infantry) undoubtedly fired the first shots of the Battle of Waterloo. After the battle, the 51st spent the night June 18-19 In the wood or ...

CHURCH NOTES

... Rushby, M.C., superintendent minister of Queen's Hall Methodist Mission. Mr. Rushby was chaplain to the 17th Division, the 51st Infantry Brigade I (which included the 10th Battalion The I Sherwood Foresters) from the start of the Great War to the finish. * ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1933
Newspaper: Derby Daily Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 925 | Page: 6 | Tags: none