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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. — John Shaqi

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.

Name: The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.
Author: Farmer, John S.

Farmer, John S.

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army -- Organization; Great Britain. Army -- Registers

1690. Boyne.
  1690. Athlone.
  1690. Limerick.
  1690-96. Flanders.
  1692. Steenkirk.
  1703-4. Germany.
  1706-8. Spain.
  1707. Almanza.
  1708-11. Germany.
  1709. Malplaquet.
  1709. Mons.
  1709. Pont-à-Vendin.
  1710. Douay.
  1710 Bethune.
  1710. Aire.
  1710. St. Venant.
  1711. Quebec.
  1715. Jacobite rising.
  1715. Dunblane.
  1742-8. Flanders.
  *1743. Dettingen.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Roucoux.
  1760-3. Germany.
  1760. Corbach.
  1760. Warbourg.
  1760. Campen.
  1762. Wilhelmstahl.
  1793. Toulon.
  1794. Corsica.
  1809. Flushing.
  *1809-14. Peninsula.
  1810. Busaco.
  1811. Sabugal.
  *1812. Salamanca.
  1812. Burgos.
  1813. Vittoria.
  *1813. Pyrenees.
  *1813. Nivelle.
  *1813. Nive.
  *1814. Orthes.
  *1814. Toulouse.
  1837-38. Ionian Islands.
  1838-39. Canada.
  *1879-80. Afghanistan.
  1895. Chitral.
  *1897-98. Tirah.
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet and "Tawny" facings (in 1685); Scarlet and
  Green facings (in 1742); Scarlet and White facings (present time).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Castle of Exeter." Motto,
  "_Semper fidelis_" (an allusion to the Civil Wars).

  NICKNAME.--"The Bloody Eleventh" (from its having been cut to
  pieces at Salamanca by the French, when capturing a standard).

  NOTES.--The regiment captured the drums of the 11th French
  Infantry at Flushing. Its service is fitly and truly described by
  its motto ("Always faithful").

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 11th, or North Devon
  Regiment._ 1685-1845. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1845.]


The Suffolk Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st & 2nd Batts.= (formerly) The 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of
      Foot; with Militia Batts.
  =3rd Batt.= The West Suffolk Militia; and
  =4th Batt.= The Cambridge Militia.

[Illustration: THE CASTLE, THE KEY, AND MOTTO.]


TITLES.

  1685 (_ante_). Colonel The Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of Foot.
  1685-86. Colonel The Earl of Lichfield's Regiment of Foot.
  1685-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
  1751-82. The 12th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.
  1881 (from). The Suffolk Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

  1690. Boyne.
  1691. Aughrim.
  1694-97. Flanders.
  1719. Messina.
  1742-45. Flanders.
  *1743. Dettingen.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1758-63. Germany.
  *1759. Minden.
  1761. Denkern.
  1762. Wilhelmstahl.
  1779-83. Gibraltar.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1795. Guildermalsen.
  *1798-1807. India.
  1799. Mallavelly.
  *1799. Seringapatam.
  1810. Bourbon.
  1810. Mauritius.
  *1851-53. South Africa.
  *1863-66. New Zealand.
  *1878-80. Afghanistan.
  1888. Hazara.
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet and White facings (in 1685); Scarlet and Yellow
  facings (in 1751); Scarlet and White facings (present time).[A]

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