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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

1762. Manilla.
  1783. Carnatic.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  *1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
  1800. Quiberon.
  1800. Ferrol.
  1800. Vigo.
  1800. Cadiz.
  1801. Mandora.
  1801. Egypt.
  1801. Alexandria.
  1807. Copenhagen.
  *1808-14. Peninsula.
  1809. Corunna.
  1809. Flushing.
  1810. Cadiz.
  1810. Busaco.
  *1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
  *1812. Salamanca.
  1812. Burgos.
  *1813. Pyrenees.
  *1813. Nivelle.
  *1813. Nive.
  *1814. Toulouse.
  1815. Quatre Bras.
  *1815. Waterloo.
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1854. Alma.
  1854. Balaclava.
  *1855. Sevastopol.
  1858. Indian Mutiny.
  *1858. Lucknow.
  1874. Ashantee.
  *1882. Egypt.
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
  *1884-85. Nile.
  *1898. Atbara.
  *1899. Khartoum.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Green facings (1793-1873); Scarlet with
  Blue facings (from 1873).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Thistle ensigned with the
  Imperial Crown" (with the change of title in 1873). "The Sphinx"
  for "Egypt," (1801).

  NOTES.--This is the sole Territorial Regiment having one line
  battalion only.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Records of the 79th Queen's Own
  Cameron Highlanders._ By Captain Mackenzie, Lieutenant Ewart, and
  Lieutenant Findlay. [Devonport: Swiss. 1887.]

  _Some Account of the Part Taken by the 79th Regiment, or
  Cameron Highlanders, in the Indian Mutiny, 1858._ By Captain D.
  Dunberley. [Inverness, 1891.]


The Royal Irish Rifles,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 83rd (County Dublin) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of
      Foot; with Militia Battalions.
  =3rd Batt.= The Royal North Down Militia.
  =4th Batt.= The Royal Antrim Militia.
  =5th Batt.= The Royal South Down Militia.
  =6th Batt.= The Royal Louth Militia.

[Illustration: THE HARP AND CROWN.]

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1758-63. The 83rd Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
  1778-83. The 83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) Regiment of Foot;
      disbanded.
  1793-1859. The 83rd Regiment of Foot.
  1859-81. The 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1759-63. The 86th Regiment of Foot; formerly 2nd Batt. 76th Foot;
      disbanded.
  1779-83. The 86th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
  1793-1806. The 86th (The Shropshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
  1806-12. The 86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot.
  1812-81. The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Royal Irish Rifles.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours," 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

1762. Manilla.
  1783. Carnatic.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Nimeguen.
  *1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
  1800. Quiberon.
  1800. Ferrol.
  1800. Vigo.
  1800. Cadiz.
  1801. Mandora.
  1801. Egypt.
  1801. Alexandria.
  1807. Copenhagen.
  *1808-14. Peninsula.
  1809. Corunna.
  1809. Flushing.
  1810. Cadiz.
  1810. Busaco.
  *1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
  *1812. Salamanca.
  1812. Burgos.
  *1813. Pyrenees.
  *1813. Nivelle.
  *1813. Nive.
  *1814. Toulouse.
  1815. Quatre Bras.
  *1815. Waterloo.
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1854. Alma.
  1854. Balaclava.
  *1855. Sevastopol.
  1858. Indian Mutiny.
  *1858. Lucknow.
  1874. Ashantee.
  *1882. Egypt.
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
  *1884-85. Nile.
  *1898. Atbara.
  *1899. Khartoum.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Green facings (1793-1873); Scarlet with
  Blue facings (from 1873).

  REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Thistle ensigned with the
  Imperial Crown" (with the change of title in 1873). "The Sphinx"
  for "Egypt," (1801).

  NOTES.--This is the sole Territorial Regiment having one line
  battalion only.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Records of the 79th Queen's Own
  Cameron Highlanders._ By Captain Mackenzie, Lieutenant Ewart, and
  Lieutenant Findlay. [Devonport: Swiss. 1887.]

  _Some Account of the Part Taken by the 79th Regiment, or
  Cameron Highlanders, in the Indian Mutiny, 1858._ By Captain D.
  Dunberley. [Inverness, 1891.]


The Royal Irish Rifles,

COMPRISING

  =1st Batt.= (formerly) The 83rd (County Dublin) Regiment of Foot.
  =2nd Batt.= (   "    ) The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of
      Foot; with Militia Battalions.
  =3rd Batt.= The Royal North Down Militia.
  =4th Batt.= The Royal Antrim Militia.
  =5th Batt.= The Royal South Down Militia.
  =6th Batt.= The Royal Louth Militia.

[Illustration: THE HARP AND CROWN.]

[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]


TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

  1758-63. The 83rd Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
  1778-83. The 83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) Regiment of Foot;
      disbanded.
  1793-1859. The 83rd Regiment of Foot.
  1859-81. The 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot.

=2nd Batt.=

  1759-63. The 86th Regiment of Foot; formerly 2nd Batt. 76th Foot;
      disbanded.
  1779-83. The 86th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
  1793-1806. The 86th (The Shropshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
  1806-12. The 86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot.
  1812-81. The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot.

        1881 (from). The Royal Irish Rifles.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours," 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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