The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
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The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
Great Britain. Army
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| Colour of |
Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c.
|Uniform.|Facings.|
-------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
Colonel Henry Cornwall’s |Scarlet,| Blue, |Boyne, 1690.
Regiment of Foot. | 1685--.| 1685– |Aughrim, 1691.
1685–1688| | 1751.|Liege, 1702.
(Its Colonel’s name.) | |Yellow, |Germany, 1701–1704.
1688–1751| | 1751--.|Almanza, 1707.
9th Foot. 1751–1782| | |Spain, 1704–1708.
9th East Norfolk. | | |Belle Isle, 1761.
1782----| | |Havannah, 1762.
| | |Stillwater, 1777.
| | |America, 1777–1781.
| | |Martinique, 1794.
| | |St. Lucia, 1794.
| | |Guadaloupe, 1796.
| | |Grenada, 1796.
| | |Bergen, 1799.
| | |Egmont-op-Zee, 1799.
| | |Alkmaer, 1799.
| | |Roleia, 1808.
| | |Vimiera, 1808.
| | |Corunna, 1809.
| | |Flushing, 1809.
| | |Busaco, 1810.
| | |Barrossa, 1811.
| | |Tarifa, 1811.
| | |Salamanca, 1812.
| | |Vittoria, 1813.
| | |St. Sebastian, 1813.
| | |Nive, 1813.
| | |Peninsula, 1808–1814.
| | |Cabool, 1842.
| | |Moodkee, 1845.
| | |Ferozeshah, 1845.
| | |Sobraon, 1846.
| | |Sevastopol, 1855.
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The Regiment was chiefly raised in the south-west of England.
It bears “the figure of Britannia,” which badge is said to have been
given by Queen Anne.
It is said its facings once were Orange; if so, it was before 1742.
It captured the Colours of the “Second Hampshire Regiment” at Fort Anne
in July 1777.
It was nicknamed “the Holy Boys,” from selling Bibles for drink in the
Peninsula; also “the Fighting Ninth.”
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