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The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry).
Yrs' Ser.
Full H'lf.
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Lieutenants.
Hofimeister, Herbert Artliur Reginald
Jenings, George Pierce Creagh
Skinner, James Steuart
Grischotti, William
*Eakin, Robert Andrew, Lieut, Lanes. Fus., I
12 Oct. 07 f
Harris, Cecil D., West India Regt., 8 May 07 ; )
West Afrivan Frontier Force, 24 July 12 .. >
Cohille, Henry George Coulson, Lieut, srd Bn..
Torin, Lionel Henrv
Collins, Hamilton-Stratford, Colonial Office, 1
10 Sept. 13 r
Fort, Ralph
Linton, Henry, M.V.O., Lieut . yd Battalion . . . .
Vyvvan, Walter D
Mauiisell, Fredk. H. R
Mansfield, William Henr>' Charles
Lloyd, Lewis John Buckaall
Williams-Freeman, Anthony Peerc
Higgins, Percy C
Lees, Arthur Compton Lethbridgc Dunn ille . .
Herdman, Arthur W
2ND LIEUT.
Oct.
Aug.
Aug.
Oct.
02 8 June 07
05 20 June 07
05 I Sept. 07
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4 June 04
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Second Lieutenants.
Johnston, Allen L
Shaw, William E
Breffit, George Vernon (local Lieut.
Frontier Force, 5 June 12
Freeman, Evelyn Alexander
Birkby, John S. d'H.
West A/r.
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Plowden, John Chicheley ii Oct. 11
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Oct. 13
Savory, Francis Richard Egerton
Biddle-Copc, .Anthony Cyprian Prosper
Marsh, Conrad Richard CresswcU
Hammersley, .Alfred Hastings St. George
Holm.in, Geoffrey
Farror. John Oliver
Quarter Masters
.2 Lewis, Edwin, 20 Mar. 01 ; hon. Lieut ; lion. Capt., 20 Mar. 11.
•Woodland, A. R., 21 Nov. 03 hon. Lieut. ; hon. Capt., 21 Nov. 13 ; Qr. Mr. $rd Battalin.
Smith, John William, 26 July 13 ; hon. Lieut.
Uniform Scarlet, Facings Blue. — Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
Record of the Services of the 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, — formerly the S3''d (Shropshire) Regiment.
Raised in 1755 as the 55th Regiment. Gibraltar, to 1768. [Numbered 53rd. 1757]. Ireland, to 1776. Canada,
to 1789. [Entitled "Shropshire Regiment," 1782.] England, to 1790. Served as Marines, 1791. Scotland, to 1793-
Flanders, to 1795 (capture of Nieuport and battle of Toumay). England, to 1796. West Indies, to 1802 (capture of St,
Lucia), [2nd Battalion raised in 1803. Ireland, to 1807. England to 1808. Ireland, to 1809. The Peninsula, to 1814,
(battles of Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle and Toulouse). England, to 1815. St, Helena, to 1817
Reduced, 1817,] England, to 1805. East Indies, to 1823. England, to 1826. Ireland, to 1829. Gibraltar, to 1834.
Malta, to 1836. Ionian Islands, to 1840. England, to 1841. Scotland, to 1843. Ireland and England, to 1844. India,
to i860 (battles of Aliwal, Sobraon, and Goojerat, and capture of Lucknow). England, to 1864. Ireland, to 1866. Canada,
to 1869. West Indies, to 1870. Bermuda, to 1875. Ireland, to 1877. Jersey, to 1878. Became ist Battalion King's
(Shropshire Light Infantry), 1881. England, to 1882. Egypt, to 1883 (Egyptian war, 1882). Malta, to 1885. Egypt,
to 1887 (Soudan Expedition, 1885). Malta, to 1891. Hong Kong, to 1894. India, 1894.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (formerly the Ssth King's Light Infantry.)
Raised in 1793 and proceeded to Walcheren, 1794. England, to 1795. Jersey, to 1798. Isle of Wight, to 1799.
Jersey, to 1800, Isle of Wight, to 1801. Madiera, to 1802. Jamaica, to 1808. England, to 1809. The Peninsula, to
1811 (battles of Fuentes d'Onor and Nive). England, to 1813. Spain, to 1814. America, to 1815 (battle of Bladensburg) •
England, to 1821. Malta, to 1827. Gibraltar, to 1828. Malta, to 1831. England, to 1833. Ireland, to 1836. Canada,
to 184.5. Barbadoes, to 1846. Ireland, to 1850. England, to 1853. Mauritius, to 1856. Cape of Good Hope, to 1863.
England, to 1866. Ireland, to 1868. India, to 1881 (Afghan war, 1879-80). England, to 1886. Ireland, to 1894. England
o 1899. South Africa, 1899.

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