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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

1743. Dettingen.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Culloden.
  1758. Carrickfergus.
  1776-80. America.
  1777. Stillwater.
  1793-8. San Domingo.
  1795. Demerara.
  1795. Essequebo.
  1795. Berbice.
  1809. Scylla.
  1813. Niagara.
  *1813-14. Peninsula (1).
  1813. Bidassoa.
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1814. Bayonne.
  1814-15. America.
  *1845-47. New Zealand (2).
  *1845. Ferozeshah (1).
  *1846. Sobraon (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  1860. China.
  *1860. Pekin (2).
  1878-80. South Africa (2).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Buff facings (1st Batt. from 1758-1881),
  and Scarlet with Yellow facings (2nd Batt. from 1824-1881). Now
  Scarlet with White facings for both batts.

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Duke of Edinburgh's Coronet
  and Cypher" (this in combination with a Maltese Cross, adopted by
  the 62nd in 1806, and the Regulation Star and Wreath).

  NICKNAME.--"The Springers" (tradition says that the 62nd was
  so called from its employment as a light battalion during the
  American War in 1777).

  NOTES.--For its defence, in 1760, against the French, of the
  Castle of Carrickfergus it at one time wore a "splash" on the
  buttons. After the ammunition was expended bricks and stones
  were thrown, and, so the story runs, their buttons were used as
  bullets. The 99th were raised in Lanarkshire--hence its former
  county title.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_"The Springers." The 62nd Regiment._ By H. M. C.
  [Dublin: Carson. 1891.]


The Manchester Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 96th Regiment of Foot; with Militia
      Batts.
  =3rd & 4th Batts.= The 6th Royal Lancashire Militia.

[Illustration: THE ARMS OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.]

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1744-48. The 63rd (American) Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 49th.
  1757-58. The 8th King's (2nd Batt.) Regiment; regimented in
  1758-82. The 63rd Regiment of Foot.
  1782-81. The 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1760-63. The 96th Regiment of Foot (raised for service in the
      Carnatic): disbanded.
  1780-83. The 96th (British Musketeers) Regiment: disbanded.
  1793-98. The 96th (The Queen's Royal Irish) Regiment; dispersed.
  1803-16. The 96th Regiment of Foot (raised as 2nd Batt. 52nd Foot:
      renumbered The 95th, and as such disbanded in 1818).
  1815-18. The 96th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1798 as
      The Queen's Germans: numbered The 97th in 1802: renumbered,
      in 1815, the 96th: disbanded in 1818--the Egyptian and Peninsular
      honours of this corps were assumed by the late 96th).
  1824-81. The 96th Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Manchester 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

1743. Dettingen.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1745. Jacobite rising.
  1746. Culloden.
  1758. Carrickfergus.
  1776-80. America.
  1777. Stillwater.
  1793-8. San Domingo.
  1795. Demerara.
  1795. Essequebo.
  1795. Berbice.
  1809. Scylla.
  1813. Niagara.
  *1813-14. Peninsula (1).
  1813. Bidassoa.
  *1813. Nive (1).
  1814. Bayonne.
  1814-15. America.
  *1845-47. New Zealand (2).
  *1845. Ferozeshah (1).
  *1846. Sobraon (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  1860. China.
  *1860. Pekin (2).
  1878-80. South Africa (2).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Buff facings (1st Batt. from 1758-1881),
  and Scarlet with Yellow facings (2nd Batt. from 1824-1881). Now
  Scarlet with White facings for both batts.

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Duke of Edinburgh's Coronet
  and Cypher" (this in combination with a Maltese Cross, adopted by
  the 62nd in 1806, and the Regulation Star and Wreath).

  NICKNAME.--"The Springers" (tradition says that the 62nd was
  so called from its employment as a light battalion during the
  American War in 1777).

  NOTES.--For its defence, in 1760, against the French, of the
  Castle of Carrickfergus it at one time wore a "splash" on the
  buttons. After the ammunition was expended bricks and stones
  were thrown, and, so the story runs, their buttons were used as
  bullets. The 99th were raised in Lanarkshire--hence its former
  county title.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_"The Springers." The 62nd Regiment._ By H. M. C.
  [Dublin: Carson. 1891.]


The Manchester Regiment,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 96th Regiment of Foot; with Militia
      Batts.
  =3rd & 4th Batts.= The 6th Royal Lancashire Militia.

[Illustration: THE ARMS OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.]

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1744-48. The 63rd (American) Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 49th.
  1757-58. The 8th King's (2nd Batt.) Regiment; regimented in
  1758-82. The 63rd Regiment of Foot.
  1782-81. The 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1760-63. The 96th Regiment of Foot (raised for service in the
      Carnatic): disbanded.
  1780-83. The 96th (British Musketeers) Regiment: disbanded.
  1793-98. The 96th (The Queen's Royal Irish) Regiment; dispersed.
  1803-16. The 96th Regiment of Foot (raised as 2nd Batt. 52nd Foot:
      renumbered The 95th, and as such disbanded in 1818).
  1815-18. The 96th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot (raised in 1798 as
      The Queen's Germans: numbered The 97th in 1802: renumbered,
      in 1815, the 96th: disbanded in 1818--the Egyptian and Peninsular
      honours of this corps were assumed by the late 96th).
  1824-81. The 96th Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Manchester 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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