The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a historic British Army light infantry regiment with strong regional ties to Yorkshire and a distinguished service record in major conflicts from the 19th to the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
infantry regiment
alliedWith Durham Light Infantry NERFINISHED
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry NERFINISHED
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) NERFINISHED
Somerset Light Infantry NERFINISHED
battleHonour Cambrai 1917 NERFINISHED
Normandy 1944
Rhine NERFINISHED
Somme 1916 NERFINISHED
Ypres 1917
branch British Army
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 1881
disbandedOrAmalgamated 1968
formedByAmalgamationOf 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) NERFINISHED
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED
formedUnder Childers Reforms NERFINISHED
garrison Pontefract NERFINISHED
Wakefield NERFINISHED
laterIncorporatedInto The Rifles NERFINISHED
militaryUnitType light infantry
motto Cede Nullis
namedAfter Yorkshire NERFINISHED
nickname KOYLI NERFINISHED
participatedIn First World War NERFINISHED
Korean War NERFINISHED
Second Boer War NERFINISHED
Second World War NERFINISHED
predecessor 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) NERFINISHED
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED
raisedIn Yorkshire NERFINISHED
regimentalDepot Pontefract Barracks NERFINISHED
regimentalMarch The Light Infantry NERFINISHED
regimentalMuseum Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery NERFINISHED
regimentalQuickMarch Jockey to the Fair NERFINISHED
regimentalRole line infantry
regimentalSlowMarch The Keel Row NERFINISHED
region Yorkshire NERFINISHED
servedInTheatre India NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
North-West Europe NERFINISHED
South Africa NERFINISHED
Western Front NERFINISHED
successor The Light Infantry NERFINISHED
translationOfMotto Yield to None
uniformColour rifle green facings
uniformFeature light infantry bugle horn badge

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King’s Shropshire Light Infantry alliedWith The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Battle of Graspan involvedUnit The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
this entity surface form: Yorkshire Light Infantry