John ShaqiResearch Library

Opening the text

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.

History

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

=1st Batt.= (formerly) The 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment; with
      Militia Batt.
  =3rd Batt.= The Royal Sussex Militia.

[Illustration: THE UNITED RED AND WHITE ROSE.]

[Illustration: THE COLLAR BADGE.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1701-51. Colonel The Earl of Donegal's (or successive Colonels')
      Regiment of Foot: also popularly "The Belfast Regiment."
  1751-82. The 35th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1805. The 35th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.
  1805-32. The 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
  1832-1881. The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1854-58. The Hon. East India Company's 3rd (Bengal European Light
      Infantry) Regiment.
  1858-61. The 3rd (Bengal Light Infantry) Regiment.
  1861-1881. The 107th Bengal Infantry Regiment.

        1881 (from). The Royal Sussex Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.

  1702. Cadiz.
  1704-5. Gibraltar.
  1704-8. Spain.
  1706. Barcelona.
  1707. Almanza.
  1757-60. Canada.
  *1758. Louisbourg (1).
  *1759. Quebec (1).
  1760. Sillery.
  1761. Martinique.
  1762. Havannah.
  1775-78. America.
  1775. Bunker's Hill.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Brunx.
  1778. St. Lucia.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. St. Lucia.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1799. Bergen.
  1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
  1799. Crabbendam.
  1799. Alkmaer.
  1800. Malta.
  *1806. Maida (1).
  1807. Rosetta.
  1807. Egypt.
  1809. Naples.
  1809. Flushing.
  1810. Ionian Islands.
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  1814. Antwerp.
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  *1882. Egypt (1).
  *1884-85. Nile (1).
  *1885. Abu Klea (1).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Orange facings (1701-1832,
  the Orange being changed to Blue on proceeding to Ireland). 2nd
  Batt., Scarlet with White facings. Scarlet with Blue facings for
  both Batts. (present time).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The United Red and White Rose."
  Also (though approved not in _Army List_) "A White Feather"
  (_see_ Notes), "A Maltese Cross" (_see_ Notes), and "The Centre
  of The Star of the Garter," combined.

  NICKNAME.--"The Orange Lilies" (from its facings and white plume).

  NOTES.--"The White Plume," worn till 1800, and now included in
  the regimental badge, was worn at Quebec, being taken from The
  Royal Roussillon French Grenadiers; while "The Maltese Cross" is
  in memory of the capture of Malta. The Regiment was also at one
  time known as "The Prince of Orange's Own," having received its
  facings as a mark of favour.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Memoir of The 35th Royal Sussex
  Regiment._ By Richard Trimen, late Captain 35th Foot.
  [Southampton. 1873.]


The Hampshire Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot;
      with Militia.
  =3rd Batt.= The Hampshire Militia.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

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.

History

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 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment; with
      Militia Batt.
  =3rd Batt.= The Royal Sussex Militia.

[Illustration: THE UNITED RED AND WHITE ROSE.]

[Illustration: THE COLLAR BADGE.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1701-51. Colonel The Earl of Donegal's (or successive Colonels')
      Regiment of Foot: also popularly "The Belfast Regiment."
  1751-82. The 35th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1805. The 35th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.
  1805-32. The 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
  1832-1881. The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1854-58. The Hon. East India Company's 3rd (Bengal European Light
      Infantry) Regiment.
  1858-61. The 3rd (Bengal Light Infantry) Regiment.
  1861-1881. The 107th Bengal Infantry Regiment.

        1881 (from). The Royal Sussex Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.

  1702. Cadiz.
  1704-5. Gibraltar.
  1704-8. Spain.
  1706. Barcelona.
  1707. Almanza.
  1757-60. Canada.
  *1758. Louisbourg (1).
  *1759. Quebec (1).
  1760. Sillery.
  1761. Martinique.
  1762. Havannah.
  1775-78. America.
  1775. Bunker's Hill.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Brunx.
  1778. St. Lucia.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. St. Lucia.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1799. Bergen.
  1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
  1799. Crabbendam.
  1799. Alkmaer.
  1800. Malta.
  *1806. Maida (1).
  1807. Rosetta.
  1807. Egypt.
  1809. Naples.
  1809. Flushing.
  1810. Ionian Islands.
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  1814. Antwerp.
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  *1882. Egypt (1).
  *1884-85. Nile (1).
  *1885. Abu Klea (1).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Orange facings (1701-1832,
  the Orange being changed to Blue on proceeding to Ireland). 2nd
  Batt., Scarlet with White facings. Scarlet with Blue facings for
  both Batts. (present time).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The United Red and White Rose."
  Also (though approved not in _Army List_) "A White Feather"
  (_see_ Notes), "A Maltese Cross" (_see_ Notes), and "The Centre
  of The Star of the Garter," combined.

  NICKNAME.--"The Orange Lilies" (from its facings and white plume).

  NOTES.--"The White Plume," worn till 1800, and now included in
  the regimental badge, was worn at Quebec, being taken from The
  Royal Roussillon French Grenadiers; while "The Maltese Cross" is
  in memory of the capture of Malta. The Regiment was also at one
  time known as "The Prince of Orange's Own," having received its
  facings as a mark of favour.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Memoir of The 35th Royal Sussex
  Regiment._ By Richard Trimen, late Captain 35th Foot.
  [Southampton. 1873.]


The Hampshire Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot;
      with Militia.
  =3rd Batt.= The Hampshire Militia.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

No reviews yet