WW1 1st Volunteer Yorkshire Light Infantry Embossed Crest Letter Head
Code: 19403
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For sale is a Pre WW1 1st Volunteer Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry Embossed Crest Letter Head. This is in good condition and measures 3.75mm in diameter. This comes in a hard plastic wallet to protect it from damage.
About 1st Volunteer Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry:
This infantry unit was formed in 1881. It served in many British Army campaigns until 1968, when it became part of The Light Infantry.
Originally named The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment), this unit was formed by merging the 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment and the 105th Regiment (Madras Light Infantry). It was made the county regiment for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The 51st became the new regiment's 1st Battalion. After service in India, it moved to the Third Burma War (1885-87) in 1886. Apart from sending a detachment to the Fourth Ashanti War (1895-96) in 1895, it then remained in the British Isles until 1905.
Meanwhile, the 105th had become the new unit's 2nd Battalion. It undertook garrison duties in Ireland, India and Malta in the 1880s and 1890s.
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