The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
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The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
Great Britain. Army
-------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------
| Colour of |
Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c.
|Uniform.|Facings.|
-------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
(It was in the service of|Scarlet,|Yellow, |Boyne, 1690.
the Prince of Orange.) | 1688--.| 1673– |Aughrim, 1691.
1673–1688| | 1832.|Steenkirk, 1692.
Colonel Sir Henry | | Blue, |Namur, 1695.
Bellasis’s Regiment | | 1832--.|Flanders, 1692–1696.
of Foot. 1688–1689| | |Barcelona, 1705.
(Its Colonel’s name.) | | |Almanza, 1707.
1689–1751| | |Saragossa, 1710.
6th Foot. 1751–1782| | |Spain, 1705–1713.
6th First Warwickshire. | | |Minorca, 1708.
1782–1832| | |Carthagena, 1741.
6th Royal First | | |Martinique, 1794.
Warwickshire. 1832----| | |St. Lucia, 1794.
| | |Guadaloupe, 1794.
| | |Roleia, 1808.
| | |Vimiera, 1808.
| | |Corunna, 1809.
| | |Flushing, 1809.
| | |Vittoria, 1813.
| | |Maya, 1813.
| | |Pyrenees, 1813.
| | |Nivelle, 1813.
| | |Orthes, 1814.
| | |Peninsula, 1808–1814.
| | |Niagara, 1813.
| | |Cape of Good Hope,
| | | 1846–1853.
| | |Indian Mutiny, 1858.
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The Regiment is one of those that came from Holland with King William
III.; it was then known as “the Old Holland Regiment.”
It bears “the Antelope” which is said to have been granted for the
capture of a Colour of “the Royal African Regiment” at Saragossa, which
bore that badge; also “the Rose and Crown.” It is said to have once
borne the motto “Vi et armis.”
Its MS. Records say its facings were once of a peculiar colour, Orange
with a shade of Dutch Pink, this was before 1742.
It was nicknamed “Guise’s Geese,” from its Colonel’s name from 1735 to
1763; also “the Warwickshire Lads”; and “the Saucy Sixth.”
SEVENTH FOOT.
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