It has a Crimson Standard presented in 1832 by King William IV., bearing the Royal Cypher crowned, with the badges of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in the corners, each surmounted by the Imperial Crown. It received its title in 1815 in commemoration of its having defeated the French Imperial Guards at Waterloo. It is nicknamed “The Sand Bags,” also “Old Eyes.” COLDSTREAM GUARDS. --------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| --------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- Colonel Monck’s Regiment |Scarlet,| Green, |Tanjier, 1680–1683. of Foot. 1650–1660 |1650--. | 1650– |Walcourt, 1689. The Lord General’s | | 1685.|Steenkirk, 1692. Regiment of Foot. | | Blue, |Neer-Landen, 1693. 1660–1661 | | 1685--.|Namur, 1695. The Lord General’s | | |Flanders, 1689–1697. Regiment of Foot Guards.| | |Gibraltar, 1705. 1661–1670 | | |Barcelona, 1705–1706. The Coldstream Regiment of| | |Almanza, 1707. Foot Guards. 1670–1817 | | |Spain, 1704–1708. Coldstream Guards. | | |Oudenarde, 1708. 1817---- | | |Ghent, 1708. | | |Malplaquet, 1709. | | |Bouchain, 1711. | | |Germany, 1707–1713. | | |Dettingen, 1743. | | |Fontenoy, 1745. | | |Flanders, 1742–1745. | | |Cherbourg, 1758. | | |Denkern, 1761. | | |Wilhelmstahl, 1762. | | |Germany, 1760–1762. | | |Brooklyn, 1776. | | |Brandywine, 1777. | | |Germantown, 1777. | | |Freehold, 1778. | | |Guildford, 1781. | | |America, 1776–1781. | | |Tournay, 1793. | | |Valenciennes, 1793. | | |Lincelles, 1793. | | |Cateau, 1794. | | |Flanders, 1793–1795. | | |Helder, 1799.