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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

1740-48. The 44th (or Wolfe's Marines) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1749-51. Colonel James Long's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 44th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1741-48. The 56th (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot: renumbered
      as The 45th.
  1755-57. The 58th Regiment of Foot.
  1757-82. The 56th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Essex Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1741. Carthagena.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Culloden.
  1755-60. Canada.
  1758. Ticonderoga.
  1758. Louisbourg.
  1760. Niagara.
  *1762. Moro (2).
  1762. Havannah.
  1763. Montreal.
  1775-80. America.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Long Island.
  1777. Brandywine.
  1777. Germantown.
  1778. Freehold.
  *1779-83. Gibraltar (2).
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. St. Lucia.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1796. St. Lucia.
  1796-98. San Domingo.
  1799. Bergen.
  1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
  *1801. Egypt (1).
  1801. Mandora.
  1801. Alexandria.
  1809. Ionian Islands.
  1809. Bourbon.
  1810. Mauritius.
  *1810-13. Peninsula (1).
  1810. Matagorda.
  1811. Sabugal.
  *1812. Badajos (1).
  *1812. Salamanca (1).
  1812. Burgos.
  1814. Antwerp.
  *1814. Bladensburg (1).
  1814. Baltimore.
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
  1815. New Orleans.
  1815. Quatre Bras.
  *1815. Waterloo (1).
  *1824-26. Ava (1).
  1841-42. Cabool.
  *1854. Alma (1).
  *1854. Inkerman (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1 & 2).
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1860. China.
  *1860. Taku Forts (1).
  *1884-85. Nile (2).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Yellow facings (from 1741 till
  territorialised, when White facings were substituted). 2nd Batt.,
  Scarlet with Crimson facings (from 1741-64); Scarlet with Purple
  facings (from 1764 to 1881: _see_ NICKNAMES).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Castle and Key" and Motto,
  "_Montis Insignia Calpe_" (for defence of Gibraltar by the 56th).
  Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801--by the 44th). Also, though
  not in _Army List_, "The County Arms."

  NICKNAMES, &C.--"The Two Fours" (of the 44th). "The Little
  Fighting Fours" (the regiment saw hard service in the Peninsula,
  and its men were of small average stature). "The Pompadours"
  and "Saucy Pompeys." (Tradition relates that when the facings
  were changed in 1764 (the crimson not wearing well) the Colonel
  desired Blue, but, the authorities objecting, he chose Purple, a
  favourite colour of Madame de Pompadour, a mistress of Louis XV.
  of France.)

  NOTES.--The 44th captured an Eagle of The 62nd French Infantry at
  Salamanca.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 44th, or East Essex
  Regiment of Foot._ Illustrated. [London: Mitchell. 1864.]

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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

1740-48. The 44th (or Wolfe's Marines) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1749-51. Colonel James Long's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
      of Foot.
  1751-82. The 44th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1741-48. The 56th (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot: renumbered
      as The 45th.
  1755-57. The 58th Regiment of Foot.
  1757-82. The 56th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Essex Regiment.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

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

  1741. Carthagena.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Culloden.
  1755-60. Canada.
  1758. Ticonderoga.
  1758. Louisbourg.
  1760. Niagara.
  *1762. Moro (2).
  1762. Havannah.
  1763. Montreal.
  1775-80. America.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1776. Long Island.
  1777. Brandywine.
  1777. Germantown.
  1778. Freehold.
  *1779-83. Gibraltar (2).
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. St. Lucia.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1796. St. Lucia.
  1796-98. San Domingo.
  1799. Bergen.
  1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
  *1801. Egypt (1).
  1801. Mandora.
  1801. Alexandria.
  1809. Ionian Islands.
  1809. Bourbon.
  1810. Mauritius.
  *1810-13. Peninsula (1).
  1810. Matagorda.
  1811. Sabugal.
  *1812. Badajos (1).
  *1812. Salamanca (1).
  1812. Burgos.
  1814. Antwerp.
  *1814. Bladensburg (1).
  1814. Baltimore.
  1814-15. Netherlands.
  1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
  1815. New Orleans.
  1815. Quatre Bras.
  *1815. Waterloo (1).
  *1824-26. Ava (1).
  1841-42. Cabool.
  *1854. Alma (1).
  *1854. Inkerman (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1 & 2).
  1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
  1860. China.
  *1860. Taku Forts (1).
  *1884-85. Nile (2).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Yellow facings (from 1741 till
  territorialised, when White facings were substituted). 2nd Batt.,
  Scarlet with Crimson facings (from 1741-64); Scarlet with Purple
  facings (from 1764 to 1881: _see_ NICKNAMES).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Castle and Key" and Motto,
  "_Montis Insignia Calpe_" (for defence of Gibraltar by the 56th).
  Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801--by the 44th). Also, though
  not in _Army List_, "The County Arms."

  NICKNAMES, &C.--"The Two Fours" (of the 44th). "The Little
  Fighting Fours" (the regiment saw hard service in the Peninsula,
  and its men were of small average stature). "The Pompadours"
  and "Saucy Pompeys." (Tradition relates that when the facings
  were changed in 1764 (the crimson not wearing well) the Colonel
  desired Blue, but, the authorities objecting, he chose Purple, a
  favourite colour of Madame de Pompadour, a mistress of Louis XV.
  of France.)

  NOTES.--The 44th captured an Eagle of The 62nd French Infantry at
  Salamanca.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 44th, or East Essex
  Regiment of Foot._ Illustrated. [London: Mitchell. 1864.]

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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.

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