Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 14th (Buckinghamshire)
The loss of the regiment at the battle of _Culloden_ was limited to
Captain Grosette, and one private soldier killed; Captain Simpson
and nine rank and file wounded[2].
After returning from the pursuit of the rebels, the troops encamped
near Inverness, from whence they advanced in May, and pitched
their tents in a valley, surrounded by lofty mountains, near
Fort Augustus. The FOURTEENTH Regiment was employed in guarding
prisoners taken after the battle, and was afterwards stationed at
Stirling, from whence it was removed to Glasgow.
[Sidenote: 1747]
In June, 1747 the regiment marched from Glasgow to Perth, and in
September to Inverness.
The colonel of the regiment, Brigadier-General Price, commanded
a brigade in the Netherlands, and highly distinguished himself
at the battle of Val, on the 2nd of July, 1747; he died at Breda
in November of the same year; when King George II. conferred the
colonelcy on the Honourable William Herbert, fifth son of Thomas,
eighth Earl of Pembroke, from captain and lieutenant-colonel in the
Second Foot Guards.
[Sidenote: 1749]
[Sidenote: 1750]
The regiment remained in Scotland; in 1749 it was stationed at
Fort William; and in 1750 at Glasgow, from whence it marched to
Carlisle and Newcastle.
[Sidenote: 1751]
In 1751 a royal warrant was issued regulating the clothing,
colours, and standards of the several regiments of the army.
In this warrant the first, or King's colour, of the FOURTEENTH
Regiment, is directed to be the great union: the second, or
regimental colour, to be of _buff_ silk, with the union in the
upper canton; in the centre of the colours XIV. in gold Roman
characters, within a wreath of roses and thistles on the same stalk.
The uniform of the regiment at this period, was black
three-cornered cocked hats, bound with white lace; scarlet coats
faced with yellow, yellow cuffs and white lace; scarlet waistcoats
and breeches; white gaiters, and white cravats; buff belts, and
buff pouches. The drummers wore buff coats faced with scarlet. The
grenadiers wore cloth caps with the king's cipher and crown in
front; the "_white horse_," with the motto "_Nec aspera terrent_,"
on the flap; and the number of the regiment behind.
In August of this year orders were issued for the regiment to march
to the south of England, and to furnish detachments on the coast of
Sussex, to assist the officers of the revenue in the prevention of
smuggling.
[Sidenote: 1752]
The regiment called in its detachments in the beginning of April,
1752, and marching to Portsmouth, embarked for Gibraltar, where it
was stationed during the following seven years.
[Sidenote: 1753]
Colonel the Honorable William Herbert was removed to the Second
Dragoon Guards in 1753, and was succeeded in the colonelcy
of the FOURTEENTH Regiment by Colonel Edward Braddock, from
lieutenant-colonel in the Second Foot Guards.
[Sidenote: 1755]
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