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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