52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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The 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India during the Anglo-Mysore Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars, the 52nd were part of the Light Division, and were present at most major battles of the Peninsula campaign, becoming one of the most celebrated regiments, described by Sir William Napier as "a regiment never surpassed in arms since arms werefirst borne by men". They had the largest British battalion at Waterloo, 1815, where they formed part of the final charge against Napoleon's Imperial Guard. They were also involved in various campaigns in India.
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52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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"The Light Bobs"
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Copenhagen
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Holland
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Waterloo
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Indian Mutiny
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Walcheren Campaign
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Second & Third Anglo-Mysore Wars (including: Cannanore; Bangalore; Seringapatam )
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American Revolutionary War (including: Lexington and Concord; Bunker Hill; Siege of Boston; Long Island; White Plains; Occupation of Newport, Rhode Island; Fort Washington; Princeton; Brandywine; Philadelphia campaign; Fort Montgomery)
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French Revolutionary Wars ( including: Pondicherry, Ceylon, Quiberon, Cadiz, Ferrol)
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Peninsular War (including: Vimeiro; Corunna; Côa; Bussaco; Casal Novo; Sabugal; Fuentes de Oñoro; Ciudad Rodrigo; Badajoz (1812); Salamanca; Vitoria; Pyrenees; San Marcial; Bidassoa; Nivelle; Nive; Orthez; Tarbes; Toulouse )
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Cap badge of the 52nd Regiment of Foot
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Buff and scarlet
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2008-04-01
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September 2018
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1755
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yes
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"Lower Castle Yard"
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"The Light Bobs"
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Cyrus Trapaud
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Sir John Colborne
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Sir John Moore
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"The author claims for Lord Seaton and the 52nd the honour of having defeated, single-handed, without the assistance of the 1st British Guards or any other troops, that portion of the Imperial Guard of France, about 10,000 in number, which advanced to make the last attack on the British position."
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[After the advance towards the end of the battle] Leeke, who carried the King's colour, found a foot and a half of the pole wet with blood; Holman, ..., had three musket balls through his sword blade, and wore it for many years
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One battalion
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(The History of Lord Seaton's Regiment)
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– D. H. Parry.
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– Ensign William Leeke
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The 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a light infantry regiment of the British Army throughout much of the 18th and 19th centuries. The regiment first saw active service during the American War of Independence, and were posted to India during the Anglo-Mysore Wars. During the Napoleonic Wars, the 52nd were part of the Light Division, and were present at most major battles of the Peninsula campaign, becoming one of the most celebrated regiments, described by Sir William Napier as "a regiment never surpassed in arms since arms werefirst borne by men". They had the largest British battalion at Waterloo, 1815, where they formed part of the final charge against Napoleon's Imperial Guard. They were also involved in various campaigns in India. The regiment was raised as a line regiment in 1755 and numbered as the "54th Foot"; they were renumbered as the "52nd Regiment of Foot" in 1757. In 1781, the regional designation "52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot" was given and in 1803 the regiment was designated "Light Infantry". In 1881, the regiment was merged with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot to become the regiment later known as the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
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1881
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1755
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Onebattalion(two battalions 1799–1803; 1804–1815)
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Light infantry
