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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.

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 SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1725-39. The Black Watch (_see_ Notes).
  _c._ 1739-51. The Highland Regiment.
  _c._ 1751-58. The 42nd Highland Regiment.
  1758-1861. The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot.
  1861-1881. The 42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1758-86. The 2nd Batt. 42nd Royal Highlanders.
  1786-1862. The 73rd Regiment of Foot.
  1862-81. The 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment.

        1881 (from). The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1743-47. Flanders.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1757-60. Canada.
  1758. Ticonderoga.
  1759. Guadaloupe.
  1762. Martinique.
  1762. Havannah.
  1762-67. Indian Frontier Service.
  1763. Bushy Run.
  1775-81. America.
  1776. Long Island.
  1776. White Plains.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Fort Washington.
  1777. Pisquata.
  1777. Brandywine.
  1777. Germantown.
  1778. Freehold.
  1780. Charlestown.
  *1783. Mysore (2).
  *1783. Mangalore (2).
  1793. Pondicherry.
  1793-95. Flanders.
  1793. Nieuport.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1795. Ceylon.
  1795. Guildermalsen.
  1796. St. Lucia.
  1797. St. Vincent.
  1798. Minorca.
  *1799. Seringapatam (2).
  1799. Genoa.
  1799. Cadiz.
  1800. Malta.
  *1801. Egypt (1).
  1801. Alexandria.
  1801. Aboukir.
  1801. Mandora.
  *1808-14. Peninsula (1).
  1808. Roleia.
  1808. Vimiera.
  *1809. Corunna (1).
  1810. Busaco.
  *1811. Fuentes d'Onor (1).
  1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
  1812. Salamanca.
  1812. Burgos.
  *1813. Pyrenees (1).
  1813. Gohrde.
  *1813. Nivelle (1).
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1814. Antwerp.
  *1814. Orthes (1).
  *1814. Toulouse (1).
  1815. Quatre Bras.
  *1815. Waterloo (1 & 2).
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1846-53. South Africa (2).
  *1854. Alma (1).
  1854. Balaclava.
  1854. Kertch.
  1855. Yenikale.
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1857. Cawnpore.
  *1858. Lucknow (1).
  *1874. Ashantee (1).
  *1882-84. Egypt (1).
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir (1).
  1884-85. Nile (1).
  1884. El-Teb.
  1884. Tamai.
  *1885. Kirbekan (1).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st Batt., 1725 to 1739, the Highland dress with the
  tartans of the respective captains; 1739 to 1758, Red with Buff
  facings and "the 42nd tartan"; 1758 to present time, Red with
  Dark Blue facings. 2nd Batt., as the 42nd, and also as the
  73rd, the Highland garb and "42nd tartan" were long in wear.
  Subsequently (_circa_ 1786) Scarlet, with Dark Green facings, was
  adopted.

  REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Royal Cypher within the Garter." The
  badge and motto of the Order of the Thistle. Also (in each of the
  four corners) the Royal Cypher ensigned with the Imperial Crown.
  Also "The Sphinx" (for Egypt, 1801).

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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 SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1725-39. The Black Watch (_see_ Notes).
  _c._ 1739-51. The Highland Regiment.
  _c._ 1751-58. The 42nd Highland Regiment.
  1758-1861. The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot.
  1861-1881. The 42nd Royal Highland (The Black Watch) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1758-86. The 2nd Batt. 42nd Royal Highlanders.
  1786-1862. The 73rd Regiment of Foot.
  1862-81. The 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment.

        1881 (from). The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1743-47. Flanders.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1757-60. Canada.
  1758. Ticonderoga.
  1759. Guadaloupe.
  1762. Martinique.
  1762. Havannah.
  1762-67. Indian Frontier Service.
  1763. Bushy Run.
  1775-81. America.
  1776. Long Island.
  1776. White Plains.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Fort Washington.
  1777. Pisquata.
  1777. Brandywine.
  1777. Germantown.
  1778. Freehold.
  1780. Charlestown.
  *1783. Mysore (2).
  *1783. Mangalore (2).
  1793. Pondicherry.
  1793-95. Flanders.
  1793. Nieuport.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1795. Ceylon.
  1795. Guildermalsen.
  1796. St. Lucia.
  1797. St. Vincent.
  1798. Minorca.
  *1799. Seringapatam (2).
  1799. Genoa.
  1799. Cadiz.
  1800. Malta.
  *1801. Egypt (1).
  1801. Alexandria.
  1801. Aboukir.
  1801. Mandora.
  *1808-14. Peninsula (1).
  1808. Roleia.
  1808. Vimiera.
  *1809. Corunna (1).
  1810. Busaco.
  *1811. Fuentes d'Onor (1).
  1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
  1812. Salamanca.
  1812. Burgos.
  *1813. Pyrenees (1).
  1813. Gohrde.
  *1813. Nivelle (1).
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1814. Antwerp.
  *1814. Orthes (1).
  *1814. Toulouse (1).
  1815. Quatre Bras.
  *1815. Waterloo (1 & 2).
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1846-53. South Africa (2).
  *1854. Alma (1).
  1854. Balaclava.
  1854. Kertch.
  1855. Yenikale.
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1857. Cawnpore.
  *1858. Lucknow (1).
  *1874. Ashantee (1).
  *1882-84. Egypt (1).
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir (1).
  1884-85. Nile (1).
  1884. El-Teb.
  1884. Tamai.
  *1885. Kirbekan (1).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st Batt., 1725 to 1739, the Highland dress with the
  tartans of the respective captains; 1739 to 1758, Red with Buff
  facings and "the 42nd tartan"; 1758 to present time, Red with
  Dark Blue facings. 2nd Batt., as the 42nd, and also as the
  73rd, the Highland garb and "42nd tartan" were long in wear.
  Subsequently (_circa_ 1786) Scarlet, with Dark Green facings, was
  adopted.

  REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Royal Cypher within the Garter." The
  badge and motto of the Order of the Thistle. Also (in each of the
  four corners) the Royal Cypher ensigned with the Imperial Crown.
  Also "The Sphinx" (for Egypt, 1801).

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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