... for foreign service to prepare for immediate embarkation—viz., the 15th Foot, recently returned from Ceylon ; the 51st King’s Light Infantry, ditto India ; 80th Foot and 941h Foot, ditto, ditto. Detachments from the various depot companies, and l,‘40l) ...

... the Crimea, to be formed into the sth infantry division of the array. These regiments were the 34th and 71st from Corfu, the 68th from Gallipoli, the 62nd from Malta, the 97th from Athens, and the Light Infantry from Dublin. We subsequently stated that ...

... November, 1877; cells, service in Egypt; medal sad her. Twelve rears' Irvine. Thos. Whitaker (633, 4 , St. Joined the 51st King's Own Light Infantry March 1. 1876; dies movies in Afghanistan; medal and bar. Siz years' service. Wm. Gorier* (64), 6. Balmoral-06os ...

... say home from the East Indies, having embarked In the early part of April last A detachment of Her Majesty's 51st (King'. Own) Light Infantry, under the command of Captain Anderson, and the right wing of Her Majesty's 94th, embarked in the Lord George ...

... '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 ...

... 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 ...

... King's Own Yorkshire Light I Infantry in 1887. and went to the Regular Forces two years later. Upon the outbreak of the South African War, he went as a captain to South Africa, taking command of the Western Company of Mounted Infantry, under General French ...

... virtual inventor of British Light Infantry, joined the 51st at the age of 14, and later rose to the command of the regiment. They were with him during the famous retreat to Corunna in 1809. The regiment became light infantry soon after ...

... MANCHESTER. Presentation of Medals to the 51st Light Infantry.—The announcement that prior to the departure of the regiment for the Crimea, the officers and privates of the 01st Light Infantry who were engaged during the Bunnese war and lent ...

... of the late Colonel Coddington, R.E., of Oldbridge, Drogheda, co. Meath, and Captain C. R. I»:gham Brooke, 51st King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, second of the Archdeacon of Halifax, will take place at Oldb,ridge, on October sth. HALIFAX LADY’S HANL'SOME ...

... were R eute r. arrested In a recent raid o n three ' Louth. Ireland. joined thz• 51st Light Parr. Friday.—ln acc ordance with a gambling and dope de n s have been Infantry. 73 years ago. He served in e tradition dating back to the 14 th recretly executed ...

... is proceeding as smoothly as ever, it is stated. + The Koylis. THOSE who saw anything of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in action during the last war will be the least surprised at the news the other day of their 'magnificent rearguard fight ...