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 Thomas Farington’s|Scarlet,|Yellow, |Neer-Hespen, 1705.
Regiment of Foot. | 1702--.|1702--. |Germany, 1704–1706.
1702–1712 | | |Almanza, 1707.
(Its Colonel’s name.) | | |Spain, 1706–1708.
1712–1751 | | |America, 1776–1781.
29th Foot. 1751–1782 | | |Grenada, 1796.
29th Worcestershire. | | |Helder, 1799.
1782---- | | |Bergen, 1799.
| | |Egmont-op-Zee, 1799.
| | |Roleia, 1808.
| | |Vimiera, 1808.
| | |Douro, 1809.
| | |Talavera, 1809.
| | |Albuera, 1811.
| | |Peninsula, 1808–1812.
| | |Ferozeshah, 1845.
| | |Sobraon, 1846.
| | |Chillianwallah, 1849.
| | |Goojerat, 1849.
--------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
The Regiment is said to have been raised by the City of London.
It captured a Standard from the French at Talavera, 1809.
It is allowed to bear a star on the men’s pouches for service in the
field.
THIRTIETH FOOT.
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