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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

1707-12. Spain.
  1707. Almanza (?).
  1709. Caya.
  1718. Messina.
  1727. Gibraltar.
  1757. Calcutta.
  *1757. Plassey (1).
  1776-81. America.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1778. Rhode Island.
  1778. Connecticut.
  *1779-84. Gibraltar (1).
  1780. Charlestown.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. St. Lucia.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1796. St. Vincent.
  1800. Isle Houat.
  1800. Cadiz.
  1800. Minorca.
  1800. Malta.
  1801. Egypt (2).
  1801. Aboukir.
  1801. Mandora.
  1801. Alexandria.
  *1801. Marabout (2).
  1806. Buenos Ayres.
  1807. Montevideo.
  *1809-14. Peninsula (1).
  1810. Busaco.
  *1811. Albuera (1).
  1811. Arroyo-dos-Molinos.
  1812-14. Canada.
  1812. Badajos.
  *1813. Vittoria (1).
  *1813. Pyrenees (1).
  *1813. Nivelle (1).
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  *1814. Orthes (1).
  1814. Tarbes.
  1814. Bayonne.
  1814. Toulouse.
  1814. Plattsburg.
  1814. Antwerp.
  *1824-26. Ava (1).
  *1843. Maharajpore (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  *1858-59. Indian Mutiny.
  *1897-98. Tirah.
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st and 2nd Batts., Scarlet with Green facings (at
  formation); Scarlet with White facings (present time).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES, &C.--The motto, "_Primus in Indis_"
  (the 39th Foot was the first King's Regiment to serve in India).
  Also "The Castle, Key, and Motto"--"_Mortis Insignia Calpe_"
  (for defence of Gibraltar--1779-83). Also the "Marabout Sphinx"
  for "Egypt" (1801)--at this battle a gun, now at Woolwich, was
  captured by the 54th.

  NICKNAMES, &C.--"Sankey's Horse" (of the 39th, 1707, from its
  Colonel's name, and a tradition that to expedite its march to
  Almanza it was mounted on mules). Also (_circa_ 1742) "The Green
  Linnets" (from its pea-green facings).

  NOTES.--The 39th captured four guns and two standards at
  Maharajpore in 1843.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 39th, or Dorsetshire
  Regiment of Foot._ 1702-1853. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1853.]

  _Records of the 54th West Norfolk Regiment._ [Roorkee: Thomason.
  1851.]


The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment),

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment
      of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
      Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalion.
  =3rd Batt.= The 4th Royal Lancashire Militia.

[Illustration: THE PRINCE OF WALES'S PLUME.]

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1717-51. Colonel Richard Philip's Regiment of Foot.
  1751-82. The 40th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1793-1881. The 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
        Regiment).


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

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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

1707-12. Spain.
  1707. Almanza (?).
  1709. Caya.
  1718. Messina.
  1727. Gibraltar.
  1757. Calcutta.
  *1757. Plassey (1).
  1776-81. America.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1778. Rhode Island.
  1778. Connecticut.
  *1779-84. Gibraltar (1).
  1780. Charlestown.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. St. Lucia.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1796. St. Vincent.
  1800. Isle Houat.
  1800. Cadiz.
  1800. Minorca.
  1800. Malta.
  1801. Egypt (2).
  1801. Aboukir.
  1801. Mandora.
  1801. Alexandria.
  *1801. Marabout (2).
  1806. Buenos Ayres.
  1807. Montevideo.
  *1809-14. Peninsula (1).
  1810. Busaco.
  *1811. Albuera (1).
  1811. Arroyo-dos-Molinos.
  1812-14. Canada.
  1812. Badajos.
  *1813. Vittoria (1).
  *1813. Pyrenees (1).
  *1813. Nivelle (1).
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  *1814. Orthes (1).
  1814. Tarbes.
  1814. Bayonne.
  1814. Toulouse.
  1814. Plattsburg.
  1814. Antwerp.
  *1824-26. Ava (1).
  *1843. Maharajpore (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  *1858-59. Indian Mutiny.
  *1897-98. Tirah.
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st and 2nd Batts., Scarlet with Green facings (at
  formation); Scarlet with White facings (present time).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES, &C.--The motto, "_Primus in Indis_"
  (the 39th Foot was the first King's Regiment to serve in India).
  Also "The Castle, Key, and Motto"--"_Mortis Insignia Calpe_"
  (for defence of Gibraltar--1779-83). Also the "Marabout Sphinx"
  for "Egypt" (1801)--at this battle a gun, now at Woolwich, was
  captured by the 54th.

  NICKNAMES, &C.--"Sankey's Horse" (of the 39th, 1707, from its
  Colonel's name, and a tradition that to expedite its march to
  Almanza it was mounted on mules). Also (_circa_ 1742) "The Green
  Linnets" (from its pea-green facings).

  NOTES.--The 39th captured four guns and two standards at
  Maharajpore in 1843.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 39th, or Dorsetshire
  Regiment of Foot._ 1702-1853. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1853.]

  _Records of the 54th West Norfolk Regiment._ [Roorkee: Thomason.
  1851.]


The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment),

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment
      of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
      Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalion.
  =3rd Batt.= The 4th Royal Lancashire Militia.

[Illustration: THE PRINCE OF WALES'S PLUME.]

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1717-51. Colonel Richard Philip's Regiment of Foot.
  1751-82. The 40th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1793-1881. The 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
        Regiment).


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

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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