King's Shropshire Light Infantry
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The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the Second Boer War, World War I, World War II and Korean War. In 1968, the four regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade amalgamated to form The Light Infantry, with the 1st KSLI being redesignated as the 3rd Battalion of the new regiment.
Regimental cap badge of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
Officers of the 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry with skulls excavated during the construction of trenches and dugouts at the ancient Greek site of Amphipolis, 1916.
Men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry queue for their rations at a rest camp in Holland, 26 October 1944.
Men of the 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry march back from the front line for a four-day rest, 26 October 1944.
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the Durham Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry, which in turn was merged with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets to become The Rifles in 2007.
CWGC headstone in Rose Hill Cemetery, Cowley, Oxfordshire of a KOYLI private who died a month before the Armistice
Troops of the 12th (Service) Battalion, KOYLI break for food amdist the ruins of Feuchy, April 1917.
Men of the 1st Battalion, KOYLI arriving on the quayside at Namsos during the evacuation, 2 May 1940.
Men of the 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry climb a steep hill in Italy, November 1943.