The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.Farmer, John S.
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The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.
Farmer, John S.
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army -- Organization; Great Britain. Army -- Registers
1689-95. Flanders.
1689. Walcourt.
1690. Boyne.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1709-13. Spain.
1710. Saragossa.
1742-48. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1747. Val.
1758. Cherbourg.
1759-62. Germany.
1761. Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1776-83. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. Freehold.
1781. Guildford.
1793. Valenciennes.
1793-95. Flanders.
*1793. Lincelles.
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1801. Aboukir.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Alexandria.
1801. Marabout.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
1809. Flushing.
1809. Douro.
*1809. Talavera.
*1811. Barossa.
1812. Badajos.
1812. Burgos.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
1813. St. Sebastian.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1814. Bayonne.
1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
1826-28. Portugal.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1854. Sevastopol.
*1882. Egypt.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir
*1885. Suakim.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet and White facings (from 1660 to _circa_ 1713);
Scarlet and Blue facings (from _circa_ 1713).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--The 1st Batt.: The Royal Arms of
Scotland, with motto, "_En! Ferus Hostis_," surmounted by the
Imperial Crown; 2nd Batt.: The Union Badge, viz., the Rose,
Thistle, and Shamrock, with the motto, "_Unita Fortior_,"
surmounted by the Imperial Crown. Also two of sixteen company
badges, with mottoes borne in rotation, as follows:--
(1) The Royal Crest of Scotland, with "_Nemo me impune lacessit_."
(2) A Bombshell, with "_Terrorem affero_."
(3) A Lion erect, with "_Intrepidus_."
(4) The Badge and Motto of the Order of the Thistle.
(5) The Red Lion rampant of Scotland, with collar and chain of gold,
and "_Timiere nescius_."
(6) A Blue Griffin, with "_Belloque ferox_."
(7) A Phœnix in flames, with "_Per funera vitam_."
(8) A Thunderbolt, with "_Horror ubique_."
(9) A Cannon firing, with "_Concussæ cadent urbes_."
(10) A Salamander, with "_Pascua nota mihi_."
(11) St. Andrew's Cross, with "_In hoc signo vinces_."
(12) A Trophy, with "_Honores præfero_."
(13) A Dog, with "_Intaminata fide_."
(14) The Label of the Duke of Connaught, with "_Te duce vincimus_."
(15) The Galley of Lorne, with "_Ne obliviscaris_."
(16) The Rose and Thistle, with "_Fecit cos en gentem unam_."
Also "The Sphinx," for Egypt (1801).
NICKNAME.--"The Jocks."
NOTES.--Raised in Scotland by the Earl of Linlithgow.
The Irish Guards.
[Illustration: THE HARP AND CROWN.]
[Illustration: THE STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK.]
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