85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)
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The 85th Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1881.
The Battle of New Orleans, at which the regiment carried out a successful attack, January 1815
53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot
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The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 85th Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1881.
Colours of the 53rd Regiment
Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of the Province of Quebec 1768–1778
Regimental uniform, 1840s
Major-General Rollo Gillespie who died leading the British troops at the Battle of Nalapani in October 1814