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Kings Light Infantry query
Hey
So I'm wondering if my suspicions about this button are correct 1st july 1881 the Kings Light Infantry is formed its name is then changed in march 1882 to emphasise the Shropshire connection, the Victorian and current KSLI button has a disc with Shropshire on it but in Gwen Squires books she says that a Gaunt pattern had a garter So what I wonder this Button is is the short lived pattern from 1st july 1881 to 10th march 1882 when the name changed and perhaps the garter used instead of disc mentioned by gwen squire is a hangover from this 1st KLI pattern that has the garter Or am I waaaaaay off Anyways thoughts welcome not mines will probably be sold T |
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UPDATE
I've been told my idea is wrong the identification is 85th (bucks volunteers) kings light Infantry regiment 1821 to 1827 At least it's now correct the ID T |
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I think that is indeed a better ID. But I have slightly different naming over time.
I got it from: 85th Infantry And put this on my own page as: The King's Light Infantry
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Great reference
Also found this timeline (well someone else did but hey ho) http://www.lightbobs.com/85th-bucks-...-infantry.html |
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Sources seem to differ about the details
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