-------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 60th Foot. 1755–1757|Scarlet,| White |Louisbourg, 1758. 58th Foot. 1757–1782| 1755--.|or Buff,|Quebec, 1759. 58th Rutlandshire. | | 1755– |Sillery, 1760. 1782---- | | 1767. |Canada, 1758–1762. | | Black, |Havannah, 1762. | |1767--. |Gibraltar, 1779–1783. | | |Martinique, 1794. | | |Minorca, 1798. | | |Aboukir, 1801. | | |Mandora, 1801. | | |Alexandria, 1801. | | |Egypt, 1801. | | |Maida, 1806. | | |Scylla, 1809. | | |Salamanca, 1812. | | |Burgos, 1812. | | |Vittoria, 1813. | | |Pyrenees, 1813. | | |Nivelle, 1813. | | |Nive, 1813. | | |Orthes, 1814. | | |Peninsula, 1809–1814. | | |Plattsburg, 1814. | | |New Zealand, 1849–1856. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised in the south-west of England. It bears “The Castle and Key” with the motto “Montis Insignia Calpe” for its share in the defence of Gibraltar; also “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801. It was nicknamed “The Black Cuffs” from its facings; also “The Steel Backs.” The first Regiment numbered the 58th was raised in 1755, it is now the 56th West Essex. FIFTY-NINTH FOOT.