The 2nd Battalion (67th Foot) was raised in 1756 and after arduous service in the West Indies, the Peninsula, and elsewhere it went to India, where it served for twenty-one years and bore a distinguished part in the capture, after a siege of eleven days, of the fortress of Asseerghur, regarded as the Gibraltar of the East. For its gallantry in India the crest of the Royal Tiger was bestowed. In subsequent service in the East the 67th took part in the attack on the Taku Forts, where four Victoria Crosses were won by Hampshire men. Nickname: "The Hampshire Tigers." [Illustration] (_Depot_, Lichfield.) (_Record Office_, Lichfield.) The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "Monte Video," "Roliça," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Busaco," "Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "St. Sebastian," "Nive," "Peninsula," "Ava," "Moodkee," "Ferozeshah," "Sobraon," "Pegu," "Alma," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow," "Central India," "South Africa, 1878-79," "Egypt, 1882," "Kirbekan," "Nile, 1884-85," "South Africa, 1900-02." _Uniform_, Scarlet. _Facings_, White. _Head-dress_, Helmet. _Cap_, Blue. _Regimental March_, "Come, Lassies and Lads." THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT Raised in 1702. In 1706, the 38th embarked for the West Indies, where it remained for nearly sixty years, most of the time in the island of Antigua. When the trouble arose in America, the 38th was one of the first regiments to be despatched thither and fought at Bunker's Hill. In 1805 it landed in South Africa and helped to re-capture the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch. The 2nd Battalion has been shipwrecked no less than three times. On the first occasion when proceeding to take part in Abercromby's campaign in Egypt, when the mess-plate and all the regimental records were lost; again when returning to India on completion of the campaign; and again when proceeding to India from Australia in 1844. Lord Wolseley commenced his distinguished career in this regiment. The 1st Battalion (38th Foot) was called the "Pump and Tortoise," and the 2nd Battalion (80th Foot), the "Staffordshire Knots," and previously "The Staffordshire Volunteers." [Illustration] (_Depot_, Dorchester.) (_Record Office_, Exeter.) The Castle and Key, superscribed "Gibraltar, 1779-83." The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "Plassey," "Martinique, 1794," "Marabout," "Albuhera," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," "Nivelle," "Nive," "Orthes," "Peninsula," "Ava," "Maharajpore," "Sevastopol," "Tirah," "Relief of Ladysmith," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Motto: _Primus in Indis_ (First in India). _Uniform_, Scarlet. _Facings_, Grass green. _Head-dress_, Helmet. _Cap_, Blue. _Regimental March_, "The Dorsetshire." The 1st Battalion is the proud possessor of a remarkable silver headed Drum-Major's Staff, which was presented to it by the Nawab of Arcot for its gallantry at the Battle of Plassey. THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT