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 Earl of |Scarlet,|Yellow, |Boyne, 1690.
Huntingdon’s Regiment | 1685--.| 1685– |Venloo, 1702.
of Foot. 1685–1688| | 1842.|Liege, 1702.
(Its Colonel’s name.) | | Blue, |Flanders, 1701–1703.
1688–1751| | 1842--.|Gibraltar, 1704–1705.
13th Foot. 1751–1782| | |Barcelona, 1705.
13th First Somersetshire.| | |Caya, 1709.
1782–1822| | |Spain, 1704–1711.
13th First Somersetshire | | |Gibraltar, 1727.
Light Infantry. | | |Dettingen, 1743.
1822–1842| | |Fontenoy, 1745.
13th First Somersetshire,| | |Roucoux, 1746.
Prince Albert’s Light | | |Val, 1747.
Infantry. 1842----| | |Flanders, 1742–1748.
| | |Mandora, 1801.
| | |Alexandria, 1801.
| | |Egypt, 1801.
| | |Martinique, 1809.
| | |Guadaloupe, 1810.
| | |Plattsburg, 1814.
| | |Ava, 1824–1826.
| | |Affghanistan, 1839.
| | |Ghuznee, 1839.
| | |Jellalabad, 1842.
| | |Cabool, 1842.
| | |Sevastopol, 1855.
| | |Indian Mutiny, 1858.
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The Regiment was chiefly raised in Buckinghamshire.
It received its Title and Badge of “A Mural Crown” in 1842 for its
defence of Jellalabad, where it captured three Standards from the
Affghans; it also bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
The officers and sergeants were permitted to wear the knots of their
sashes on the right side for its conduct at the Battle of Culloden,
1746; and it is said that the black worm in the lace was also granted
for that battle.
Twenty-seven officers and six hundred and sixty men of the Regiment
were formed into a Regiment of Dragoons in 1706, which served at the
Battle of Almanza 1707. It was disbanded in 1713.
FOURTEENTH FOOT.
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