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The 51st King’s Own Light Infantry (Second Yorkshire West Riding)
1881 The King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)
1887 The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
105th
1839 The 2nd Madras (European Light Infantry) Regiment
1858 The 2nd Madras (Light Infantry) Regiment
1861 The 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)
1881 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) 1887 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Letter Crests
“KING’S OWN” / “LIGHT INFANTRY”
Officers 1855 Early pattern, perhaps only worn briefly.
Notice the lack of “THE” in the title.
Conforms to the dress regulations.
Ryan shows a similar example to the above but with a Crown above the bugle and the title “THE KINGS OWN” above “LIGHT INFANTRY”,
See further on for an example with the 51 removed.
(Ryan fig.80) Photo Needed
Ryan shows another example similar to fig 82 below, but with the title “THE KING’S OWN” above “LIGHT INFANTRY”
(Ryan fig.81) Photo needed
“THE KINGS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY”
51st The Kings Own Light Infantry Officers 1855-1881 (Ryan fig.82)
“THE KING’S OWN LIGHT INFANTRY”
Officers 1855-1881
Similar to above, with slight differences to centre and a apostrophe in KING’S.
“THE KING’S OWN LIGHT” / ” INFANTRY”
Officers state dress? 1855-1881
(Ryan fig.83)
“THE KINGS OWN” / “LIGHT INFANTRY”
Other Ranks pre 1871
“MADRAS LIGHT INFnt”
105th Madras Light Infantry Officers 1861-1881
(Ryan fig.157
105th Madras Light Infantry Other Ranks 1861-1871.
Photo with outer ring needed.
“THE KINGS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY”
This is an interesting clasp, I have recorded a number of examples of this, it is a pre-1881 clasp with the number 51 removed from between the bugle strings. This suggests it was continued to be worn post 1881. The bugle rather than horn is unusual.
It is possible the numbered example recorded by Ryan fig.80 was one of these unmodified, and she just made a small mistake in the layout of the outer title as she used an old auction description.
All examples I’ve see have matching benchmarks, so the centre is not a mismatch. No apostrophe in KINGS.
“THE KING’S OWN LIGHT INFANTRY”
Officers 1881-1887
Motto Cede Nullis (Yield to none)
(Ryan fig.218)
“THE KINGS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY”
No Apostrophe Officers 1881-1887
Versions of the above clasp exist with and without the apostrophe in “KINGS”.
“THE KINGS OWN LIGHT INFANTRY”
Officers 1881-1901
No crown but larger bugle/rose and motto, matching and never altered, a number of examples have been noted without a crown.
Motto Cede Nullis (Yield to none)
(Ryan fig.219)
“THE YORKSHIRE” / “LIGHT INFANTRY”
Officers 1887-1901
(Ryan fig.220)
A kings crown version has been recorded.
(Ryan fig.221) Photo needed
“THE YORKSHIRE” / “LIGHT INFANTRY”
The Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion 1887-1901
All white metal.
“THE YORKSHIRE Lt INFry” / “1st VOLr BATTn”
The Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion 1887-1901
All white metal.
“9th WEST YORK” / “RIFLE VOLr CORPS”
9th West York Rifle Volunteer Corps
(Extremely rare clasp only worn for a few months.)
Raised 17th November 1859 at Wakefield, renumbered the 5th in July, 1860. Became 1st VB King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) in 1883.
