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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

REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--Among those appearing on the
  appointments but not in the _Army List_ are "The Royal Cypher
  within the Garter, surmounted by a Crown," and "A Maltese Cross."
  Also formerly "The White Horse" (of Hanover). Motto, "_Celer et
  Audax_" ("Swift and Bold," bestowed, according to tradition, by
  General Wolfe in recognition of its conduct before Quebec).

  NOTES.--This regiment, though possessing no "Colours," bears more
  honours than any other regiment, the Highland Light Infantry
  coming next with twenty-nine.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_A Regimental Chronicle and List of Officers of
  The 60th, or The King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly The 62nd,
  or The Royal American Regiment of Foot._ By Captain Nesbit
  Willoughby Wallace, 60th Royal Rifles. [London: Harrison. 1879.]

  _"Celer et Audax," or The Services of The 5th Battalion, 60th
  Regiment (Rifles)._ By Major-General Gibbes Rigaud, late
  Lieutenant-Colonel, 60th Rifles. [Oxford: Hall & Stacy. 1879.]


[B] The 5th Battalion here mentioned is, of course, one of the former
regular battalions, and _not_ the present militia battalion.


The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment),

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment
      of Foot; with Militia Batt.
  =3rd Batt.= The Royal Wiltshire Militia.

[Illustration: THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S CORONET AND CYPHER.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1743-48. The 62nd Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1755-57. The 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot: renumbered
      The 60th.
  1756-57. The 62nd Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 77th.
  1756-58. The 4th King's Own (2nd Batt.): separately regimented as
      The 62nd Foot.
  1758-82. The 62nd Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1760-63. The 99th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1780-83. The 99th (Jamaica) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1794-98. The 99th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1804-11. The 99th Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 98th (or Prince of
      Wales' Tipperary) Regiment of Foot: disbanded in 1818.
  1805-15. The 100th Regiment of Foot: renumbered in
  1815-18. The 99th (H.R.H. The Prince Regent's County of Dublin)
      Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1824-74. The 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot.
  1874-81. The 99th (The Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire 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

REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--Among those appearing on the
  appointments but not in the _Army List_ are "The Royal Cypher
  within the Garter, surmounted by a Crown," and "A Maltese Cross."
  Also formerly "The White Horse" (of Hanover). Motto, "_Celer et
  Audax_" ("Swift and Bold," bestowed, according to tradition, by
  General Wolfe in recognition of its conduct before Quebec).

  NOTES.--This regiment, though possessing no "Colours," bears more
  honours than any other regiment, the Highland Light Infantry
  coming next with twenty-nine.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_A Regimental Chronicle and List of Officers of
  The 60th, or The King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly The 62nd,
  or The Royal American Regiment of Foot._ By Captain Nesbit
  Willoughby Wallace, 60th Royal Rifles. [London: Harrison. 1879.]

  _"Celer et Audax," or The Services of The 5th Battalion, 60th
  Regiment (Rifles)._ By Major-General Gibbes Rigaud, late
  Lieutenant-Colonel, 60th Rifles. [Oxford: Hall & Stacy. 1879.]


[B] The 5th Battalion here mentioned is, of course, one of the former
regular battalions, and _not_ the present militia battalion.


The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment),

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment
      of Foot; with Militia Batt.
  =3rd Batt.= The Royal Wiltshire Militia.

[Illustration: THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S CORONET AND CYPHER.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1743-48. The 62nd Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1755-57. The 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot: renumbered
      The 60th.
  1756-57. The 62nd Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 77th.
  1756-58. The 4th King's Own (2nd Batt.): separately regimented as
      The 62nd Foot.
  1758-82. The 62nd Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1760-63. The 99th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1780-83. The 99th (Jamaica) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1794-98. The 99th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1804-11. The 99th Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 98th (or Prince of
      Wales' Tipperary) Regiment of Foot: disbanded in 1818.
  1805-15. The 100th Regiment of Foot: renumbered in
  1815-18. The 99th (H.R.H. The Prince Regent's County of Dublin)
      Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1824-74. The 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot.
  1874-81. The 99th (The Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire 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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