The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
History
The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
Great Britain. Army
-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------
| Colour of |
Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c.
|Uniform.|Facings.|
-------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
79th Highland. 1793–1804|Scarlet,| Green, |Nimeguen, 1794.
79th Cameron Highlanders.| 1793--.| 1793– |Flanders, 1794–1795.
1804–1873| | 1873.|Egmont-op-Zee, 1799.
79th Queen’s Own Cameron | | Blue, |Mandora, 1801.
Highlanders. 1873----| | 1873--.|Alexandria, 1801.
| | |Egypt, 1801.
| | |Copenhagen, 1807.
| | |Corunna, 1809.
| | |Flushing, 1809.
| | |Busaco, 1810.
| | |Fuentes d’Onor, 1811.
| | |Salamanca, 1812.
| | |Burgos, 1812.
| | |Pyrenees, 1813.
| | |Nivelle, 1813.
| | |Nive, 1813.
| | |Toulouse, 1814.
| | |Peninsula, 1808–1814.
| | |Quatre-Bras, 1815.
| | |Waterloo, 1815.
| | |Netherlands, 1815.
| | |Alma, 1854.
| | |Sevastopol, 1855.
| | |Lucknow, 1858.
| | |Indian Mutiny, 1858.
-------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
The Regiment was raised at Stirling.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
The first Regiment numbered the 79th was raised in 1759; it served at
Arcot, 1751, Plassey 1757, etc., and was disbanded in 1764; it lost
thirty-nine officers killed in action during its short life of five
years.
The second was the 79th Royal Liverpool Volunteers, raised in 1778, and
disbanded in 1783. It was nicknamed “The Liverpool Blues.”
EIGHTIETH FOOT.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account