The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
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The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
Great Britain. Army
| | |Cherbourg, 1758.
| | |Denkern, 1761.
| | |Wilhelmstahl, 1762.
| | |Germany, 1759–1762.
| | |Brooklyn, 1776.
| | |Brandywine, 1777.
| | |Germantown, 1777.
| | |Freehold, 1778.
| | |Guildford, 1781.
| | |America, 1776–1781.
| | |Valenciennes, 1793.
| | |Lincelles, 1793.
| | |Cateau, 1794.
| | |Flanders, 1793–1795.
| | |Helder, 1799.
| | |Crabbendam, 1799.
| | |Bergen, 1799.
| | |Egmont-op-Zee, 1799.
| | |Alkmaer, 1799.
| | |Flushing, 1809.
| | |Corunna, 1809.
| | |Barrossa, 1811.
| | |St. Sebastian, 1813.
| | |Bayonne, 1814.
| | |Peninsula, 1808–1809.
| | | Do., 1810–1814.
| | |Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814.
| | |Quatre-Bras, 1815.
| | |Waterloo, 1815.
| | |Netherlands, 1814–1815.
| | |Alma, 1854.
| | |Inkerman, 1854.
| | |Sevastopol, 1855.
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The Regiment was raised in London by Colonel John Russell.
It then bore the Red Cross of St. George on a white ground.
The King’s Regiment of Foot Guards raised in Flanders in 1656 by Lord
Wentworth was incorporated with the Regiment in 1665.
It bears a Grenade, and also one of the ancient Badges conferred by
Royal Authority on each of the Companies, the Badges being borne in
turn as the Colours are renewed.
And also in--
1st Battalion--An Imperial Crown.
2nd Battalion--The Royal Cypher with the Union Flag in the dexter
canton.
3rd Battalion--The Royal Cypher with a pile wavy issuant from the
dexter canton.
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