It received its Title in 1808 from the counties in which it was raised. The first Regiment numbered the 84th was raised in 1759, and disbanded in 1764. The second was “The Royal Highland Emigrants” raised in America in 1775, numbered the 84th in 1778, and disbanded in 1784. EIGHTY-FIFTH FOOT. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 85th, The Bucks |Scarlet,|Yellow, |Guildermalsen, 1795. Volunteers. 1793–1808| 1793--.|1793– |Flanders, 1794–1795. 85th, The Bucks | | 1821. |Helder, 1799. Volunteers Light | | Blue, |Bergen, 1799. Infantry. 1808–1815| |1821--. |Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. 85th, The Bucks | | |Flushing, 1809. Volunteers, or Duke of | | |Fuentes d’Onor, 1811. York’s Own Light | | |Badajos, 1812. Infantry. 1815–1821| | |St. Sebastian, 1813. 85th, Bucks Volunteers | | |Bidassoa, 1813. (The King’s Light | | |Nivelle, 1813. Infantry). 1821----| | |Nive, 1813. | | |Bayonne, 1814. | | |Peninsula, 1811–1814. | | |Bladensburg, 1814. | | |New Orleans, 1815. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised at Buckingham. It bears the motto “Aucto splendore resurgo” which it received with its Title in 1815, for its distinguished conduct since 1813. It was nicknamed “The Elegant Extracts” in 1812; also “The Young Bucks” in distinction to the 16th Buckinghamshire. The first Regiment numbered the 85th was the 85th Royal Volunteers Light Infantry, raised in 1759, and disbanded 1763. Its uniform was Scarlet with Blue facings; it was the first Light Infantry Regiment in the service. The second was raised in 1780, and was lost at sea on its passage home from Jamaica in 1783. EIGHTY-SIXTH FOOT.