It was nicknamed “The Bloodsuckers” at one time. SIXTY-FOURTH FOOT. --------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| --------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 64th Foot. 1758–1782 |Scarlet,|Black, |Lexington, 1775. 64th Second Staffordshire.| 1758--.|1758--. |Bunker’s Hill, 1775. 1782---- | | |Brooklyn, 1776. | | |Brandywine, 1777. | | |America, 1776–1781. | | |Martinique, 1794. | | |St. Lucia, 1803. | | |Surinam, 1804. | | |Persia, 1856–1857. | | |Reshire, 1856. | | |Bushire, 1856. | | |Kooshab, 1857. | | |Cawnpore, 1857. | | |Lucknow, 1857. | | |Indian Mutiny, 1857– | | | 1858. --------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- It was formerly the second Battalion of the 11th Foot, raised in 1756. SIXTY-FIFTH FOOT. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 65th Foot. 1758–1782|Scarlet,| White, |Havannah, 1762. 65th Second Yorkshire | 1758--.|1758--. |Bunker’s Hill, 1775. North Riding. 1782----| | |America, 1775–1781. | | |Gibraltar, 1782. | | |Martinique, 1794. | | |Guadaloupe, 1794. | | |Bhurtpore, 1805. | | |Mauritius, 1810. | | |Kirkee, 1817. | | |India, 1802–1822. | | |Arabia, 1809. | | |Beni-Boo-Ally, 1821. | | |New Zealand, 1861– | | | 1865. -------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------