52nd Regiment of Foot

E479190

British Army regiment infantry regiment

The 52nd Regiment of Foot was a distinguished light infantry regiment of the British Army, renowned for its role in the Napoleonic Wars and its association with Sir John Moore’s reforms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Sir John Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle	Battle of Badajoz NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bussaco NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Ciudad Rodrigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Corunna NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Nive NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Nivelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Orthez NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Toulouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterloo Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
doctrine	marksmanship ⓘ rapid maneuver ⓘ skirmishing ⓘ
garrison	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	pioneer of British light infantry methods ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legacy	contributed to development of British light infantry doctrine ⓘ
militaryFormation	line infantry regiment converted to light infantry ⓘ
militaryUnitType	light infantry ⓘ
notableCommander	Sir John Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	association with Sir John Moore’s light infantry reforms ⓘ role at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ service in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ service in the Peninsular War ⓘ
partOf	Light Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
reputation	elite light infantry unit ⓘ highly disciplined ⓘ
roleInBattleOfWaterloo	participated in the defeat of the Imperial Guard ⓘ
serviceBranchRole	infantry ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
tradition	light infantry tactics ⓘ
trainingInfluence	Shorncliffe System NERFINISHED ⓘ
uniformFeature	light infantry distinctions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir John Moore → militaryUnit → 52nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ

Sir John Harvey → militaryUnit → 52nd Regiment of Foot ⓘ

this entity surface form: 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot