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
=1st Batt.= (formerly) The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment
of Foot.
=2nd Batt.= ( " ) The 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment
of Foot; with Militia Batts.
=3rd Batt.= The Royal South Gloucester Militia; and
=4th Batt.= The Royal North Gloucester Militia.
[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]
TITLES.
=1st Batt.=
1694-1751. Colonel Sir John Gibson's (or successive Colonels' names)
Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 28th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Gloucestershire Regiment.
=2nd Batt.=
1742-48. The 61st Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
1755-59. The 61st Regiment of Foot: re-numbered as The 59th Foot
(the present 2nd East Lancashire Regiment).
1758-82. The 61st Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Gloucestershire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1702-6. Flanders.
1702. Huy.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies (1).
1706-12. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1742-47. Flanders.
1745. Fontenoy.
1747. Hulst.
1757-60. Canada.
*1758. Louisberg (1).
1758. Cape Breton.
*1759 Quebec (1).
1759. Martinique.
1760. Salery.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
1776-78. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. White Plains.
1776. Brunx.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. St. Lucia.
1782. Minorca.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Nimeguen.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1796. St. Lucia.
1796. Grenada.
1798. Minorca.
1800. Kaffraria.
*1801. Egypt (1 & 2).
1801. Aboukir.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
*1806. Maida (2).
1807. Copenhagen.
1809. Flushing.
*1809-14. Peninsula (1 & 2).
*1809. Corunna (1).
1809. Douro.
*1809. Talavera (2).
1810. Busaco.
1810. Torres Vedras.
1810. Almeida.
*1811. Barossa (1).
*1811. Albuera (1).
1811. Arroyo-des-Molinos.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
*1812. Salamanca (2).
1812. Almaraj.
1812. Burgos.
1812. Badajos.
*1813. Vittoria (1).
*1813. Pyrenees (1 & 2).
*1813. Nivelle (1 & 2).
*1813. Nive (1 & 2).
*1814. Orthes (1 & 2).
*1814. Toulouse (1 & 2).
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo (1).
1815. Netherlands.
*1848-49. Punjab (2).
*1849. Chillianwallah (2).
*1849. Goojerat (2).
*1854. Alma (1).
*1854. Inkerman (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Delhi (2).
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet and Yellow facings (1st Batt. in 1742), and
Scarlet and Buff facings (2nd Batt. in 1758). Now Scarlet with
White facings.
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