The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry),
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (King's Light Infantry) Regiment; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The Shropshire Militia.
4th Batt. The Hereford Militia.
"Aucto splendore resurgo."
The United Red and White Rose.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1741-48. The 53rd (The 10th or Jeffrey's, afterwards Agnew's Marines) Regiment; disbanded.
1755-57. The 55th Regiment of Foot; renumbered.
1757-82. The 53rd Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1759-63. The 85th (Royal Volunteers Light Infantry) Regiment; disbanded.
1778-83. The 85th (Westminster Volunteers) Regiment; mostly lost at sea returning from Jamaica; rest disbanded.
1794-1808. The 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
1808-15. The 85th (Bucks Volunteers Light Infantry) Regiment.
1815-21. The 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (Duke of York's Own Light Infantry) Regiment.
1821-81. The 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (King's Light Infantry) Regiment.
1881 (from). The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Portugal.
1776-81. America.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Famars.
*1793. Nieuport (1).
1793. Valenciennes.
*1794. Tournay (1).
1794. Nimeguen.
1795. Guildermalsen.
*1796. St. Lucia (1).
1797. St. Vincent.
1797. Port-au-Prince.
1797. Trinidad.
1799. Helder.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1809. Flushing.
1809. Burdelkund.
*1809-14. Peninsula (1 & 2).
*1809. Talavera (1).
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor (2).
1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca (1).
1812. Mahratta War.
1814-15. Nepaul.
1814-15. Kalunga.
*1813. Vittoria (1).
*1813. Pyrenees (1).
1813. St. Sebastian.
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Nive (1).
*1813. Nivelle (1).
1814. Bayonne.
*1814. Toulouse (1).
*1814. Bladensburg (2).
1814. Washington.
1815. New Orleans.
1817-19. Pindarree War.
18—. Copal Droog.
1838-39. Canada.
*1846. Aliwal (1).
184-. Buddiwal.
*1846. Sobraon (1).
*1848-49. Punjaub (1).
*1849. Goojerat. (1)
1856-57. South Africa.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Lucknow (1).
1857. Cawnpore.
*1879-80. Afghanistan (2).
*1882. Egypt (1).
*1885. Suakim (1).
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Scarlet with Scarlet facings (1755 till 1881); Scarlet with Blue facings (present time). 2nd Batt., Scarlet with Yellow facings (1794-1821); Scarlet with Blue facings (since 1821).
Regimental Badge.—"The United Red and White Rose." Motto: "Aucto splendore resurgo" (from 1821). "A Bugle with Strings" is also worn on various appointments.
Nicknames.—"The Brickdusts" (from the facings of the 53rd). "The Old Five and Threepennies" (from its number, and the daily pay of an ensign). "The Elegant Extracts" (dissensions amongst the staff of the 85th were [circa 1811] so frequent that the Duke of York dispersed the lot, substituting officers from other corps). "The Young Bucks" (in distinction to The 16th—"The Old Bucks").
Notes.—The 1st 85th was the first Light Infantry Regiment in the service.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 53rd, or Shropshire Regiment of Foot. 1755-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1849.]
Historical Records of The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment, now 1st Batt. King's (Shropshire) Light Infantry. 1755-1889. By Colonel W. Rogerson. [Devonport: Swiss. 1890.]