51st Regiment of Foot

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot	2
51st Regiment of Foot canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4869847 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 51st Regiment of Foot
Context triple: [Sir John Moore, militaryUnit, 51st Regiment of Foot]

A. 58th Regiment of Foot
The 58th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including colonial wars and conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu and First Boer Wars.
B. 96th Regiment of Foot
The 96th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that later became part of the Manchester Regiment through amalgamation.
C. 42nd Regiment of Foot
The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.
D. 6th Regiment of Foot
The 6th Regiment of Foot was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army that later became known as the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
E. 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a historic British Army cavalry regiment with Irish connections that later became part of the Royal Dragoon Guards through amalgamation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 51st Regiment of Foot
Target entity description: The 51st Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including the Napoleonic Wars, before later becoming part of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

A. 58th Regiment of Foot
The 58th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that served in numerous 18th- and 19th-century campaigns, including colonial wars and conflicts such as the Anglo-Zulu and First Boer Wars.
B. 96th Regiment of Foot
The 96th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment that later became part of the Manchester Regiment through amalgamation.
C. 42nd Regiment of Foot
The 42nd Regiment of Foot, later known as the Black Watch, was a famed Scottish Highland infantry regiment of the British Army distinguished for its service in numerous 18th- and 19th-century conflicts.
D. 6th Regiment of Foot
The 6th Regiment of Foot was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army that later became known as the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
E. 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a historic British Army cavalry regiment with Irish connections that later became part of the Royal Dragoon Guards through amalgamation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army regiment ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
engagement	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Peninsular War ⓘ Waterloo campaign ⓘ linked to: Waterloo Campaign
forceType	infantry ⓘ
garrison	Yorkshire ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
laterPartOf	King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ⓘ linked to: The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRole	light infantry ⓘ
notableFor	service in 18th-century campaigns ⓘ service in 19th-century campaigns ⓘ service in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
partOf	British Army infantry ⓘ
regimentalType	line infantry ⓘ
region	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceBranch	British Army ⓘ
successor	King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ⓘ linked to: The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir John Moore → militaryUnit → 51st Regiment of Foot ⓘ

The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry → predecessor → 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot ⓘ

linked to: 51st Regiment of Foot

The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry → formedByAmalgamationOf → 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment of Foot ⓘ