UNIFORM.--Scarlet with White facings (in 1688); Scarlet and deep Yellow facings (in 1742); Scarlet and White facings (present time). REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The United Red and White Rose." NICKNAMES.--"The Old Bucks" (before 1809, when the county title was exchanged with the 14th). "The Peacemakers." "The Featherbeds." NOTES.--One of twelve regiments raised in 1688. It and the 17th Foot alone remain (1900). BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 16th, or Bedfordshire Regiment._ 1688-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1848.] The Leicestershire Regiment, COMPRISING =1st & 2nd Batts.= (formerly) The 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batt. =3rd Batt.= The Leicestershire Militia. [Illustration: THE ROYAL TIGER.] TITLES. 1688-89. Colonel Solomon Richards' Regiment of Foot. 1689-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot (in 1702 Colonel Holcroft Blood). 1751-82. The 17th Regiment of Foot. 1782-1881. The 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot. 1881 (from). The Leicestershire Regiment. PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c. * "Honours" on the Colours. 1693-97. Flanders. 1693. Neer Landen. 1695. Namur. 1702-4. Germany. 1702. Venloo. 1702. Huy. 1702. Liége. 1704-9. Spain. 1707. Almanza. 1715. Jacobite rising. 1757-60. Canada. *1758. Louisbourg. 1762. Martinique. 1762. Havannah. 1775-81. America. 1776. Brooklyn. 1777. Brandywine. 1777. Germantown. 1778. Freehold. 1796. San Domingo. 1799. Helder. 1799. Crabbendam. 1799. Bergen. 1799. Egmont-op-Zee. *1804-23. Hindoostan. *1839. Afghanistan. *1839. Ghuznee. *1839. Khelat. *1855. Sevastopol. *1878-79. Afghanistan. *1878. Ali Masjid. 1900. South Africa. UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Greyish-white facings (1688-1790); Scarlet and White facings (from 1790). REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Tiger within a Wreath," superscribed "Hindoostan" (for services in India from 1804-23). NICKNAMES.--(1) "The Bengal Tigers" (from its badge); (2) "The Lily-whites" (from its facings). NOTES.--Mainly raised near London: twelve regiments in all were formed in 1688, but this and The 16th (The Bedfordshire) are alone in commission now. BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 17th, or Leicestershire Regiment._ 1688-1848. [London: Parker. 1848.] The Royal Irish Regiment, COMPRISING =1st & 2nd Batts.= (formerly) The 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts. =3rd Batt.= The Wexford Militia. =4th Batt.= The North Tipperary Militia. =5th Batt.= The Kilkenny Militia. [Illustration: THE LION OF NASSAU.] [Illustration: THE HARP AND CROWN.] [Illustration: THE DRAGON OF CHINA.] [Illustration: THE SPHINX.] TITLES.