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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

1759. Guadaloupe.
  1775-81. America.
  1775. Bunker's Hill.
  1776. Long Island.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1777. Brandywine.
  1777. Germantown.
  1781. Entaw Springs.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1796. Grenada.
  1796. St. Vincent.
  1796. St. Lucia.
  1799. Bergen.
  *1799. Egmont-op-Zee (1).
  1799. Alkmaer.
  *1801. Egypt (2).
  1801. Alexandria.
  *1808-11. Peninsula (2).
  *1809. Martinique (1).
  1809. Flushing.
  *1810. Guadaloupe (1).
  1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
  1815. Guadaloupe.
  *1845-47. New Zealand (2).
  *1854. Alma (1).
  *1854. Inkerman (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  *1879-80. Afghanistan (1).
  *1882. Egypt (1 & 2).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with White facings (before territorialisation
  the facings of the 1st and 2nd Batts. were Green and Yellow
  respectively).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Sphinx" for Egypt (1801) by
  descent from the 96th Regiment of 1798-1818. Also (since 1881)
  The Arms of the City of Manchester.

  NICKNAME.--"The Bloodsuckers" (of the 63rd).

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_The History of the late 63rd (West Suffolk)
  Regiment._ By Major James Slack, late 63rd Regiment. [London:
  Army and Navy Co-operative Society. 1884.]


The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment),

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment
      of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment
      of Foot; with Militia Batts.
  =3rd Batt.= The 2nd King's Own Stafford Militia.
  =4th Batt.= The 3rd King's Own Stafford Militia.

[Illustration: THE DRAGON OF CHINA.]

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

[Illustration: THE STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1740-48. The 64th (Irish) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1756-58. The 11th (2nd Batt.) Regiment of Foot: regimented in
  1758-82. The 64th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1760-63. The 98th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1779-84. The 98th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1793-1802. The 98th (Highland) Regiment of Foot: renumbered the 91st.
  1805-15. The 98th Regiment of Foot: renumbered and disbanded in 1818.
  1805-18. The 99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary) Regiment of Foot:
      renumbered The 98th in 1815, and afterwards disbanded.
  1824-76. The 98th Regiment of Foot.
  1876-81. The 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire 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

1759. Guadaloupe.
  1775-81. America.
  1775. Bunker's Hill.
  1776. Long Island.
  1776. Brooklyn.
  1777. Brandywine.
  1777. Germantown.
  1781. Entaw Springs.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  1794. Martinique.
  1794. Guadaloupe.
  1796. Grenada.
  1796. St. Vincent.
  1796. St. Lucia.
  1799. Bergen.
  *1799. Egmont-op-Zee (1).
  1799. Alkmaer.
  *1801. Egypt (2).
  1801. Alexandria.
  *1808-11. Peninsula (2).
  *1809. Martinique (1).
  1809. Flushing.
  *1810. Guadaloupe (1).
  1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
  1815. Guadaloupe.
  *1845-47. New Zealand (2).
  *1854. Alma (1).
  *1854. Inkerman (1).
  *1855. Sevastopol (1).
  *1879-80. Afghanistan (1).
  *1882. Egypt (1 & 2).
  1900. South Africa.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with White facings (before territorialisation
  the facings of the 1st and 2nd Batts. were Green and Yellow
  respectively).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Sphinx" for Egypt (1801) by
  descent from the 96th Regiment of 1798-1818. Also (since 1881)
  The Arms of the City of Manchester.

  NICKNAME.--"The Bloodsuckers" (of the 63rd).

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_The History of the late 63rd (West Suffolk)
  Regiment._ By Major James Slack, late 63rd Regiment. [London:
  Army and Navy Co-operative Society. 1884.]


The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment),

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment
      of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment
      of Foot; with Militia Batts.
  =3rd Batt.= The 2nd King's Own Stafford Militia.
  =4th Batt.= The 3rd King's Own Stafford Militia.

[Illustration: THE DRAGON OF CHINA.]

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

[Illustration: THE STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1740-48. The 64th (Irish) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1756-58. The 11th (2nd Batt.) Regiment of Foot: regimented in
  1758-82. The 64th Regiment of Foot.
  1782-1881. The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1760-63. The 98th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1779-84. The 98th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
  1793-1802. The 98th (Highland) Regiment of Foot: renumbered the 91st.
  1805-15. The 98th Regiment of Foot: renumbered and disbanded in 1818.
  1805-18. The 99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary) Regiment of Foot:
      renumbered The 98th in 1815, and afterwards disbanded.
  1824-76. The 98th Regiment of Foot.
  1876-81. The 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire 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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