It bears “The Thistle within the Circle of St. Andrew,” with the motto “Nemo me impune lacessit”; also “The King’s Cypher and Crown.” It was commonly known when raised as “The Earl of Mar’s Grey-Breeks,” from the colour of the men’s breeches. TWENTY-SECOND FOOT. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- Colonel the Duke of |Scarlet,| Buff, |Boyne, 1690. Norfolk’s Regiment of | 1688--.|1688--. |Aughrim, 1691. Foot. 1688| | |Gibraltar, 1727. (Its Colonel’s name.) | | |Louisbourg, 1758. 1688–1751| | |Quebec, 1759. 22nd Foot. 1751–1782| | |Canada, 1757–1760. 22nd Cheshire. 1782----| | |Martinique, 1762. | | |Havannah, 1762. | | |Bunker’s Hill, 1775. | | |Brooklyn, 1776. | | |America, 1775–1779. | | |St. Lucia, 1794. | | |Deig, 1804. | | |Bhurtpore, 1805. | | |Mauritius, 1810. | | |Scinde, 1843. | | |Meeanee, 1843. | | |Hyderabad, 1843. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised at Chester. It captured seventeen Standards at the Battle of Hyderabad, 1843. It was nicknamed “The Two Twos”; also, in 1795, “The Red Knights,” from its being served out with red jackets, waistcoats, and breeches instead of the proper clothing. TWENTY-THIRD FOOT.