British Light Infantry: King's Royal Rifle Corps, 52nd Regiment of Foot, Durham Light Infantry, Somerset Light Infantry

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: King's Royal Rifle Corps, 52nd Regiment of Foot, Durham Light Infantry, Somerset Light Infantry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Light Division, Rifle Brigade, The Rifles, History of British light infantry, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Royal Green Jackets, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Highland Light Infantry, 43rd Regiment of Foot, The Light Infantry, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Herefordshire Light Infantry, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, Light Infantry Brigade, 68th Regiment of Foot, West Kent Light Infantry, Green Jackets Brigade, 105th Regiment of Foot, 106th Regiment of Foot, 107th Regiment of Foot. Excerpt: The 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India during the Anglo-Mysore Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars, the 52nd were part of the Light Division, and were present at most of the major battles of the Peninsula campaign, becoming one of the most celebrated regiments, described by Sir William Napier as a regiment never surpassed in arms since arms were first borne by men. They had the largest British battalion at Waterloo, 1815, where they formed part of the final charge against Napoleon's Imperial Guard. They were also involved in various campaigns in India. The regiment was raised as a line regiment in 1755 and numbered as the 54th Foot; they were renumbered as the 52nd Regiment of Foot in 1757. In 1781, the regional designation 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was given, and in 1803 the regiment was the first regular British Army regiment to be designated Ligh...