-------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 90th, Perthshire |Scarlet,| Buff, |Minorca, 1798. Volunteers. 1794–1815| 1794--.|1794--. |Mandora, 1801. 90th, Perthshire | | |Alexandria, 1801. Volunteers Light | | |Egypt, 1801. Infantry. 1815----| | |Martinique, 1809. | | |Guadaloupe, 1810. | | |Cape of Good Hope, | | | 1846. | | |Sevastopol, 1855. | | |Lucknow, 1857. | | |Indian Mutiny, 1857– | | | 1858. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised in Perthshire. It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801. It was nicknamed “Sir Thomas Graham’s Perthshire Grey-breeks” from its Colonel’s name when raised, and the colour of the men’s breeches. The first Regiment numbered the 90th was the 90th Irish Light Infantry, raised in 1759; it served at Havannah 1762, and was disbanded in 1763. The second was raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783. NINETY-FIRST FOOT.