-------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 68th Foot. 1758–1782.|Scarlet,| Green, |Cherbourg, 1758. 68th Durham. 1782–1812.| 1758--.| 1758--.|St. Lucia, 1803. 68th Durham Light | | |Flushing, 1809. Infantry. 1812----| | |Salamanca, 1812. | | |Vittoria, 1813. | | |Pyrenees, 1813. | | |Nivelle, 1813. | | |Orthes, 1814. | | |Peninsula, 1811–1814. | | |Alma, 1854. | | |Inkerman, 1854. | | |Sevastopol, 1855. | | |New Zealand, 1864– | | | 1866. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- It was formerly the second Battalion of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fuziliers, raised in 1756. It was nicknamed “The Faithful Durhams.” SIXTY-NINTH FOOT. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 69th Foot. 1758–1782|Scarlet,| Green, |Belle-Isle, 1761. 69th South Lincolnshire. | 1758--.|1758--. |St. Lucia, 1778. 1782----| | |Toulon, 1793. | | |Corsica, 1794. | | |St. Vincent, 1797. | | |Helder, 1799. | | |Bergen, 1799. | | |Bourbon, 1809. | | |Mauritius, 1810. | | |Java, 1811. | | |Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814. | | |Quatre-Bras, 1815. | | |Waterloo, 1815. | | |Netherlands, 1814– | | | 1815. | | |India, 1805–1826. -------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
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