The 51st Foot, so called in 1821 from the initial letters of the regimental title, King’s Own Light Infantry. Subsequently called the “Second Yorkshire (West Riding),” and now called the “1st Battalion of the South Yorkshire Regiment.”
· ·
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 
· ·