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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.

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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

[Illustration: THE TIGER AND WREATH. (As on Helmet-plate.)]

[Illustration: THE HAMPSHIRE ROSE. (As on Collar.)]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1702-51. Colonel Thomas Meredith's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 37th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment.

=2nd Batt.=

  1758-82. The 67th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Hampshire Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1702-12. Germany.
  1704. Schellenberg.
  *1704. Blenheim (1).
  1705. Helixem.
  1705. Neer-Hespen.
  *1706. Ramilies (1).
  1707. Ath.
  1708. Menin.
  *1708. Oudenarde (1).
  1709. Tournay.
  *1709. Malplaquet (1).
  1710. Douai.
  1742-47. Flanders.
  *1743. Dettingen (1).
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Culloden.
  1747. Val.
  1758-62. Germany.
  1758. Cherbourg.
  *1759. Minden (1).
  1761. Kirk-Denkem.
  1761. Belle Isle.
  1762. Wilhelmstahl.
  1776-80. America.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Long Island.
  1793-95. Flanders.
  1793. Famars.
  1793. Dunkirk.
  *1794. Tournay (1).
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1795. Guildermalsen.
  *1805-26. India (2).
  *1810-14. Peninsula (1 & 2)
  *1811. Barrossa (2).
  1814. Barcelona.
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  1814. Antwerp.
  1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
  1819. Asseerghur.
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1860-62. China.
  *1860. Taku Forts (2).
  *1860. Pekin (2).
  *1878-80. Afghanistan (2).
  *1879. Charasiah (2).
  *1879. Cabool (2).
  *1885-87. Burma (2).
  1885-87. Mandalay.
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Yellow facings (both Batts. till
  Territorialisation changed the facings, as in all non-"Royal"
  regiments, to White).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Royal Tiger in a
  Laurel-Wreath" (to the 67th for "India"). Also "The Hampshire
  Rose" on some appointments (Henry V., when _en route_ to
  Agincourt, conferred the Lancastrian Rose on the City of
  Winchester).

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Annals of The 37th North Hampshire Regiment._
  [Winchester: Warren. 1878.]

  _Historical Record of The 67th, or South Hampshire Regiment._
  1758-1849. [London: Parker. 1849.]

  _Regimental Orders._ By Lieutenant R. W. Barlow. [London: 1868.]

  _Colburn's United Service Magazine._ January-February, 1874, and
  August, 1882.


The South Staffordshire Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of
      Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment
      of Foot; with Militia Batts.
  =3rd & 4th Batts.= The 1st (King's Own) Stafford Militia.

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]

[Illustration: THE STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1702-51. Colonel Luke Lillingstone's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 38th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

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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.

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

[Illustration: THE TIGER AND WREATH. (As on Helmet-plate.)]

[Illustration: THE HAMPSHIRE ROSE. (As on Collar.)]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1702-51. Colonel Thomas Meredith's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 37th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment.

=2nd Batt.=

  1758-82. The 67th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Hampshire Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1702-12. Germany.
  1704. Schellenberg.
  *1704. Blenheim (1).
  1705. Helixem.
  1705. Neer-Hespen.
  *1706. Ramilies (1).
  1707. Ath.
  1708. Menin.
  *1708. Oudenarde (1).
  1709. Tournay.
  *1709. Malplaquet (1).
  1710. Douai.
  1742-47. Flanders.
  *1743. Dettingen (1).
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Culloden.
  1747. Val.
  1758-62. Germany.
  1758. Cherbourg.
  *1759. Minden (1).
  1761. Kirk-Denkem.
  1761. Belle Isle.
  1762. Wilhelmstahl.
  1776-80. America.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Long Island.
  1793-95. Flanders.
  1793. Famars.
  1793. Dunkirk.
  *1794. Tournay (1).
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1795. Guildermalsen.
  *1805-26. India (2).
  *1810-14. Peninsula (1 & 2)
  *1811. Barrossa (2).
  1814. Barcelona.
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  1814. Antwerp.
  1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
  1819. Asseerghur.
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1860-62. China.
  *1860. Taku Forts (2).
  *1860. Pekin (2).
  *1878-80. Afghanistan (2).
  *1879. Charasiah (2).
  *1879. Cabool (2).
  *1885-87. Burma (2).
  1885-87. Mandalay.
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Yellow facings (both Batts. till
  Territorialisation changed the facings, as in all non-"Royal"
  regiments, to White).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Royal Tiger in a
  Laurel-Wreath" (to the 67th for "India"). Also "The Hampshire
  Rose" on some appointments (Henry V., when _en route_ to
  Agincourt, conferred the Lancastrian Rose on the City of
  Winchester).

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Annals of The 37th North Hampshire Regiment._
  [Winchester: Warren. 1878.]

  _Historical Record of The 67th, or South Hampshire Regiment._
  1758-1849. [London: Parker. 1849.]

  _Regimental Orders._ By Lieutenant R. W. Barlow. [London: 1868.]

  _Colburn's United Service Magazine._ January-February, 1874, and
  August, 1882.


The South Staffordshire Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of
      Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment
      of Foot; with Militia Batts.
  =3rd & 4th Batts.= The 1st (King's Own) Stafford Militia.

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]

[Illustration: THE STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1702-51. Colonel Luke Lillingstone's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 38th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

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.

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