The battle honours are twelve in number: Blenheim; Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Louisburg; Quebec, 1759; Martinique, 1762, 1794, 1809; Havannah; St. Lucia, 1778; Guadaloupe, 1810; Afghanistan, 1879-80; South Africa, 1900-02. The “Snappers,” as this regiment is nicknamed, have been in some of the fiercest contests fought by the British Army, notably in the American War, at Blenheim, and at Quebec, when General Wolfe was killed. The colours of the 4th battalion are shown in Fig. 33. =The Bedfordshire Regiment.=—Facings, white. R.C.—The united Red and White Rose, placed below the union wreath. The regimental number XVI. figures in the space for the central badge. The flag is shown in Fig. 29. The battle honours are: Namur, 1695; Blenheim; Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Surinam; Chitral; South Africa, 1900-02. These distinctions are not arranged, as is usual, in a circular order, but three are placed on either horizontal limb of the St. George’s Cross and one on each of the vertical limbs. =The Leicestershire Regiment.=—Facings, white. R.C.—The Royal Tiger, superscribed “Hindoostan,” placed below the union wreath, a numeral figuring in the space for the central badge. The battle honours are: Namur, 1695; Louisburg; Martinique, 1762; Havannah; Affghanistan, 1839; Ghuznee, 1839; Khelat; Sevastopol; Ali Masjid; Afghanistan, 1878-79; Defence of Ladysmith; South Africa, 1899-1902. These distinctions are not arranged, as is usual, in a circular order, but upon the horizontal and lower vertical limbs of the St. George’s Cross. The Royal Tiger was granted to the “Lily Whites” for their splendid work in India during the early years of the nineteenth century. =The Royal Irish Regiment.=—Facings, blue. R.C.—The Harp and Crown. In each of the four corners, a shield with the arms of Nassau, and the motto, “Virtutis Namurcencis Præmium” (The reward of virtue at Namur). The Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt.” The Dragon, superscribed “China.” The Nassau arms, which formed part of the badges of William of Orange, were bestowed upon the Royal Irish in commemoration of the splendid way in which it stormed the Castle of Namur in 1695, in the presence of the King. The battle honours are: Namur, 1695; Blenheim; Ramillies; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Pegu; Sevastopol; New Zealand; Afghanistan, 1879-80; Egypt, 1882; Tel-el-Kebir; Nile, 1884-85; South Africa, 1900-02. It is well known that the bravery of this and other Irish regiments in South Africa caused Queen Victoria to raise the Irish Guards. =Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment).=—Facings, grass green. R.C.—The Cypher of H.R.H. Alexandra, Princess of Wales, in gold (thereon “Alexandra”), interlaced with the Dannebrog, inscribed with the date 1875, and the whole surmounted by the Coronet of the Princess.