-------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 77th Foot. 1787–1807|Scarlet,| Yellow,|Seringapatam, 1799. 77th East Middlesex. | 1787--.| --.|Flushing, 1809. 1807–1876| | |El-Bodon, 1811. 77th East Middlesex (Duke| | |Cuidad Rodrigo, 1812. of Cambridge’s Own). | | |Badajos, 1812. 1876----| | |Peninsula, 1811–1814. | | |Alma, 1854. | | |Inkerman, 1854. | | |Sevastopol, 1855. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised in Middlesex for service in India. It bears “The Plume of the Prince of Wales,” also “The Duke of Cambridge’s Coronet and Cypher.” It was nicknamed “The Pot-Hooks” from the two sevens--its number. The first Regiment numbered 77th was the 77th Montgomery Highlanders, or First Highland Battalion, raised in 1757. It served in Canada, 1758 to 1760, and at Havannah, 1762, and was disbanded 1763. The second was the 77th Atholl Highlanders raised in 1778, and disbanded 1783. SEVENTY-EIGHTH FOOT.