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Succession of Colonels 1755 - 1966

extracted from "The Succession of Colonels of the British Army From 1660 to the Present Day" by N. B. Leslie

51st REGIMENT OF FOOT

Lt-Gen. Robert Napier

19 Dec 1755

Lt-Gen. Thomas Brudenell

22 Apr 1757

Gen. Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton

24 Jun 1767

Lt-Gen. Anthony George Martin

2 Dec 1795

Gen. William Morshead

9 May 1800

Gen. Sir Thomas Hislop, Bt, GCB

4 Jun 1822

Lt-Gen. Sir Benjamin D'Urban, GCB, KCH

25 Dec 1829

Gen. Sir Thomas Willshire, Bt, GCB

26 Jun 1849

Gen. Sir William Henry Elliott, GCB, KH

1 Jun 1862

Gen. John Leslie Dennis, CB

28 Mar 1874

Gen. Arnold Charles Errington

27 Sep 1879

105th REGIMENT OF FOOT

Lt-Gen. Archibald Brown Dyce

30 Sep 1862

Gen. George Alexander Malcolm, CB

10 Mar 1866

THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

51st & 105th

Gen. Arnold Charles Errington - 1st Bn.

27 Sep 1879

Gen. George Alexander Malcom, CB - 2nd Bn.

10 Mar 1866

Gen. Thomas Addison, CB

1 Apr 1890

Gen. James Daubeney, CB

18 Nov 1890

Lt-Gen. Sir Robert Hume, GCB

14 Sep 1893

Lt-Gen. Frederick George Thomas Deshon, CB

18 Jan 1903

Gen. Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne, GCB

4. Apr 1913

Gen. Sir Charles Parker Deedes, KCB, CMG, DSO

10 Mar 1927

Maj-Gen. William Robb, CBE, DSO, MC

9 Aug 1947

Lt-Gen. Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE

1 Aug 1950

Lt-Gen. Sir Roger Bower KCB KBE

1 Aug 1960

Maj-Gen. C J Deedes OBE MC

1 Aug 1966

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