53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot

Not to be confused with 53rd (Napier's) Regiment of Foot.
53rd Regiment of Foot
Colours of the 53rd Regiment
Active1755–1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1755–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1803–1817)
Garrison/HQCopthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury
Nickname(s)"Old Five & Threepennies"[1]
"Brickdusts"
"Red Regiment"
ColorsRed Facings
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
First Anglo-Sikh War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Rebellion
Commanders
Notable
commanders		William Whitmore
Sir John Abercromby

The 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot was a British Army regiment, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1881.

History

Early history

Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of the Province of Quebec 1768–1778
Regimental uniform, 1840s

The regiment was raised in Northern England by Colonel William Whitmore as the 55th Regiment of Foot for service in the Seven Years' War.[2] It was re-ranked as the 53rd Regiment of Foot, following the disbandment of the existing 50th and 51st regiments, in 1756.[2] The regiment embarked for Gibraltar in 1756[3] and, after returning home, moved to Ireland in 1768.[4]

American Revolutionary War

The regiment departed Ireland for North America in April 1776 and arrived at Quebec City in May 1776 to help raise the siege of the city by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War.[4][5] It served under Sir Guy Carleton at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in June 1776 and the Battle of Valcour Island in October 1776.[6] Its flank companies (grenadier and light infantry) were with General John Burgoyne during the ill-fated Saratoga campaign.[4] Men from the other eight companies served under Major Christopher Carleton of the 29th Regiment of Foot during Carleton's Raid in 1778 and during the Burning of the Valleys campaign in 1780.[7] Lieutenant Richard Houghton of the 53rd led the Royalton raid in 1780 burning three towns in eastern Vermont.[8] In 1782 the regiment adopted a county designation and became the 53rd (the Shropshire) Regiment of Foot.[2] The regiment returned to England in 1789.[9]

Napoleonic Wars

In March 1793 the regiment embarked for Flanders for service in the French Revolutionary Wars.[10] The regiment saw action at the Battle of Famars in May 1793,[10] the Siege of Valenciennes in June 1793[10] and the Siege of Dunkirk in August 1793.[11] It also took part in the Siege of Nieuwpoort in October 1793,[11] the Siege of Landrecies in April 1794[12] and the Battle of Tournay in May 1794.[12] The regiment returned to England in spring 1795 but then embarked for the West Indies in November 1795 where it took part in the capture of Saint Lucia in May 1796.[13] It also helped suppress an insurrection by caribs on Saint Vincent in June 1796;[14] expeditions to Trinidad and Puerto Rico followed in February 1797 and April 1797 respectively.[15] The regiment returned home in 1802.[16]

Major-General Rollo Gillespie who died leading the British troops at the Battle of Nalapani in October 1814

A second battalion was raised in 1803 to increase the strength of the regiment.[2] The 1st battalion left for India in April 1805[16] where it undertook a punitive expedition to the Fortress of Callinger in Allahabad Province in February 1812.[17] It also helped secure a pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Nalapani in October 1814 during the Anglo-Nepalese War.[18][19] The 1st battalion also took part in engagements against Pindari forces in 1817 during the Third Anglo-Maratha War[20] and did not return home until July 1823.[21]

Meanwhile, the 2nd battalion embarked for Portugal for service in the Peninsular War in March 1809.[22] It took part in the Second Battle of Porto in May 1809[23] and the Battle of Talavera in July 1809[23] before falling back to the Lines of Torres Vedras.[24] It then fought at the Blockade of Almeida in April 1811,[25] the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811[24] and the Battle of Almaraz in May 1812[26] as well as the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812,[26] the Siege of Burgos in September 1812[27] and the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813.[28] The battalion then pursued the French Army into France and fought at the Battle of the Pyrenees in July 1813,[29] the Siege of San Sebastián in autumn 1813[30] and the Battle of Nivelle in November 1813[31] as well as the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814.[32] The battalion returned home in July 1814.[33] In August 1815 the 2nd battalion accompanied Napoleon into his exile on the island of Saint Helena.[34][35] It returned home in September 1817 and was disbanded at Canterbury in October 1817.[36]

The Victorian era

In July 1844 the regiment returned to India[37] where it saw action at the Battle of Aliwal in January 1846[38] and the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War[39] as well as the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.[40] It also took part in the Siege of Cawnpore in June 1857, the Relief of Lucknow in November 1857 and the Capture of Lucknow in spring 1858 during the Indian Rebellion.[40] Five members of the regiment were awarded Victoria Crosses during the rebellion.[40] It returned to England in 1860.[40] The regiment was garrisoned in England for the next four years in Aldershot, Plymouth and Portsmouth. In 1864 it moved to Curragh Camp and subsequently to other locations in Ireland. With the Fenian Brotherhood threatening from the United States, the regiment departed Ireland for Canada, arriving in Quebec in August 1866, subsequently garrisoning London for the next 2 years. In 1868 it occupied the Quebec Citadel, and finally departed Canada for Barbados in 1870.[41]

As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 53rd was linked with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot, and assigned to district no. 21 at Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury.[42] On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) to form the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.[2]

The 53rd regiment is commemorated in A. E. Housman's poem '1887', from A Shropshire Lad.[43]

Battle honours

The regiment's battle honours were as follows:[44]

Victoria Crosses

Victoria Crosses awarded to men of the regiment were:

Colonels

Colonels of the Regiment were:[44]

53rd Regiment of Foot

53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot

References

  1. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e "53rd (the Shropshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ Cannon, p. 2
  4. ^ a b c Cannon, p. 3
  5. ^ Digby, William; Baxter, James Phinney (1887). The British invasion from the north. The campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne, from Canada, 1776-1777, with the journal of Lieut. William Digby, of the 53d, or Shropshire regiment of foot. The Library of Congress. Albany, N.Y., J. Munsell's Sons. p. 83.
  6. ^ Smith, pp. 408–410
  7. ^ Watt, Gavin (2014). Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 5-Book Bundle: The Burning of the Valleys. Dundern. ISBN 978-1-45973-011-3.
  8. ^ Goodwin, Neil. "The Narrative of the Captive, George Avery, 1780–1782" (PDF). Vermont Historical Society. p. 119. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. ^ Cannon, p. 4
  10. ^ a b c Cannon, p. 5
  11. ^ a b Cannon, p. 6
  12. ^ a b Cannon, p. 7
  13. ^ Cannon, p. 10
  14. ^ Cannon, p. 11
  15. ^ Cannon, p. 12
  16. ^ a b Cannon, p. 13
  17. ^ Cannon, p. 15
  18. ^ Cannon, p. 19
  19. ^ "Thwarting the British Empire's Sunset: The Battle of Kalunga, 1814". War History online. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  20. ^ Cannon, p. 22
  21. ^ Cannon, p. 25
  22. ^ Cannon, p. 37
  23. ^ a b Cannon, p. 38
  24. ^ a b Cannon, p. 40
  25. ^ Cannon, p. 41
  26. ^ a b Cannon, p. 43
  27. ^ Cannon, p. 47
  28. ^ Cannon, p. 48
  29. ^ Cannon, p. 49
  30. ^ Cannon, p. 50
  31. ^ Cannon, p. 51
  32. ^ Cannon, p. 53
  33. ^ Cannon, p. 54
  34. ^ Smallman, p. 48
  35. ^ Cannon, p. 55
  36. ^ Cannon, p. 57
  37. ^ Cannon, p. 28
  38. ^ Cannon, p. 29
  39. ^ Cannon, p. 30
  40. ^ a b c d "53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot". National Army Museum. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  41. ^ "he King's Shropshire Light Infantry". British Light Infantry Regiments. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  42. ^ "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  43. ^ Parker, Peter (2016). Housman Country: Into the Heart of England. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-1408706138.
  44. ^ a b "53rd (Shropshire) Regiment: Chronology and Battle Honours 1755 – 1881". Shropshire Regimental Museum. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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