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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

1758-64. The 80th (Light-armed) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1778-84. The 80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) Regiment of Foot:
      disbanded.
  1793-1881. The 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The South Staffordshire Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1759. Guadaloupe.
  1762. Martinique.
  1775-80. America.
  1775. Bunker's Hill.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  *1801. Egypt (2).
  1806. Cape of Good Hope.
  1806. Buenos Ayres.
  *1807. Monte Video (1).
  *1808-14. Peninsula (1).
  *1808. Roleia (1).
  *1808. Vimiera (1).
  *1809. Corunna (1).
  1809. Flushing.
  *1810. Busaco (1).
  *1812. Badajos (1).
  *1812. Salamanca (1).
  1812. Burgos.
  *1813. Vittoria (1).
  *1813. St. Sebastian (1).
  1813. Bidassoa.
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1813. Nivelle.
  1814. Bayonne.
  1819. Cape of Good Hope.
  *1824-26. Ava (1).
  1845. Moodkee (2).
  *1845. Ferozeshah (1).
  *1846. Sobraon (2).
  1852. Rangoon.
  *1852-53. Pegu (2).
  *1854. Alma (1).
  *1854. Inkerman (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1857. Cawnpore.
  *1858. Lucknow (1).
  *1858. Central India (2).
  *1878-79. South Africa (2).
  *1882. Egypt (1).
  *1884-85. Nile (1).
  *1885. Kirbecan (1)

  UNIFORM.--Both Battalions Scarlet and Yellow facings (on
  formation); Scarlet with White facings (present time).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Sphinx," for "Egypt" (1801).
  Also "The Staffordshire Knot" (an ancient royal borough badge).

  NICKNAMES.--"The Pump and Tortoise" (of the 38th). Also "The
  Staffordshire Knots" (of the 80th).

  NOTES.--The late 80th captured a gun at Ferozeshah (1845).


The Dorsetshire Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot;
      with Militia.
  =3rd Batt.= The Dorset Militia.

"_Primus in Indis._"

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

[Illustration: THE MARABOUT SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1702-51. Colonel Richard Coote's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 39th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1807. The 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot.
  1807-81. The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1755-57. The 56th Regiment of Foot; renumbered.
  1757-82. The 54th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Dorsetshire Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

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