 The 5th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Bn KOYLI, raive boka reBritains Territorial Force rakaumbwa muna 1908 kubva kuVanozvipira mauniti pakutanga akasimudzwa muWest Riding yeYorkshire muna 1860. Yakashanda mune dzimwe dzehondo dzinotyisa kwazvo kuWestern Front munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, ichitungamirira kurwisa muhondo yetangi reCambrai uye kudzivirira Bucquoy munaKurume 1918. Mukupera kwema1930, battalion yakashandurwa kuita dziviriro yemuchadenga, iro basa raakashanda mukati meHondo Yenyika II muhondo yeFrance uye kubviswa kweDunkirk, kuNorth Africa kusanganisira Hondo Yechipiri yeEl Alamein., uye mukupinda kweAllied kweSicily neItaly, kusanganisira basa mukupandukira muGreece. Pashure pehondo, zvikamu zvayo zvakatevera zvakashanda muAnti-Aircraft Command kusvikira muna 1955. 