This book presents a photographic record of the service of a
distinguished county regiment whose origins go back to the Seven
Years' War, in the middle of the eighteenth century. Formed in
1881, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the KSLI, formerly the 53rd and
85th Regiments, did tours of duty around the world in the days of
the Empire - serving in India, the Far East, the West Indies, and
the Mediterranean. This book also shows the KSLI on active service
which took them to Egypt in 1882, the Sudan in 1885, and South
Africa during the Boer War. Much expanded, the KSLI rendered
outstanding service during the First World War. The eight
battalions that went overseas served on the Western Front (notably
in the Ypres Salient, on the Somme, and in the great offensives of
1918), in Palestine and in Salonika. During the Second World War,
the KSLI played a major part in engagements in France in 1940, in
Tunisia, in Italy and in North West Europe. Post-war campaigning
took them back to Palestine, to Korea, and to Kenya, with peaceful
interludes in Germany and Malaysia. The regiment ceased to exist as
a distinct unit in 1968, when it was absorbed into the new Light
Infantry as the 3rd Battalion. This fascinating book presents a
vivid picture of the life of the regiment in times of peace and war
through photographs from the regimental archives, the majority of
which have never before been published.
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