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 the Duke of |Scarlet,| White, |Boyne, 1690.
Norfolk’s Regiment of | 1685--.| 1685. |Aughrim, 1691.
Foot. 1685–1686| |Yellow, |Flanders, 1694–1697.
(Its Colonel’s name.) | | in |Dettingen, 1743.
1686–1751| | 1742. |Fontenoy, 1745.
12th Foot. 1751–1782| | |Flanders, 1742–1745.
12th East Suffolk. | | |Minden, 1759.
1782----| | |Denkern, 1761.
| | |Wilhelmstahl, 1762.
| | |Germany, 1758–1763.
| | |Gibraltar, 1779–1783.
| | |Martinique, 1794.
| | |Guadaloupe, 1794.
| | |Nimeguen, 1794.
| | |Guildermalsen, 1795.
| | |Flanders, 1794–1795.
| | |Mallavelly, 1799.
| | |Seringapatam, 1799.
| | |India, 1798–1807.
| | |Bourbon, 1810.
| | |Mauritius, 1810.
| | |Cape of Good Hope,
| | | 1851–1853.
| | |New Zealand, 1863–1866.
-------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
The Regiment was raised in Norfolk and Suffolk.
It bears “The Castle and Key” (the arms of Gibraltar), with the motto
“Montis Insignia Calpe,” for its share in the defence of Gibraltar.
It captured eight stand of Colours at the storming of Seringapatam.
It is not known when its facings were changed from White.
THIRTEENTH FOOT.
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