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In 1881 the regiment was combined with the 85th Regiment of Foot to form The King's Shropshire Light Infantry Regiment. In 1968 The King's Shropshire Light Infantry became the 3rd battalion of The Light Infantry.
The 53rd regiment is commemorated in A E Housman's poem '1887', from A Shropshire Lad.
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