FIFTY-FIRST FOOT.

Titles.Colour ofCampaigns, Battles, &c.
Uniform.Facings.
53rd Foot. 1755–1757
51st Foot. 1757–1782
51st Second Yorkshire West Rid=ing. 1782–1809
51st Second Yorkshire West Rid=ing Light Infantry. 1809–1821
51st, Second Yorkshire West Rid=ing, The King’s Own Light Infantry. 1821——		Scarlet, 1755—.Sea-Green, 1755–1821.
Blue, 1821—.		Minden, 1759.
Corbach, 1760.
Warbourg, 1760.
Germany, 1758–1762.
Minorca, 1782.
Corsica, 1794.
Corunna, 1809.
Flushing, 1809.
Fuentes-d’Onor, 1811.
Badajos, 1812.
Salamanca, 1812.		Burgos, 1812.
Vittoria, 1813.
Pyrenees, 1813.
Nivelle, 1813.
Orthes, 1814.
Peninsula, 1808–1809.
 Do., 1811–1814.
Waterloo, 1815.
Netherlands, 1815.
Pegu, 1852–1853.

The Regiment was raised in Yorkshire, and its facings were chosen by its first Colonel, who had served in the 2nd Foot.

The first Regiment numbered the 51st was raised in 1745 as “Pepperil’s American Provincials,” made 51st in 1754, and disbanded in 1757.

It was nicknamed “The Kolis” from the initials of its Title received in 1821.