It captured the French flag on the citadel at the storming of Badajos, 1812. It received its title in 1866 with reference to the traditions of the county of Nottingham, and in consideration of its distinguished services. It was nicknamed “The Old Stubborns” during the Peninsula War. FORTY-SIXTH FOOT. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- Colonel James Price’s |Scarlet,|Yellow, |Ticonderoga, 1758. Regiment of Foot. | 1741--.| 1741--.|Canada, 1757–1760. 1741–1743| | |Martinique, 1762. (Its Colonel’s name.) | | |Havannah, 1762. 1743–1751| | |Brooklyn, 1776. 46th Foot. 1751–1782| | |Brandywine, 1777. 46th South Devonshire. | | |America, 1776–1778. 1782---- | | |St. Lucia, 1778. | | |Dominica, 1805. | | |Guadaloupe, 1810. | | |Sevastopol, 1855. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised in the north of England. It was allowed to wear a red plume in the hat, for the conduct of its Light Company in 1777, which with five others of different Regiments composed “The Light Battalion” which made itself so obnoxious to the Americans, that they said they would give it no quarter; to prevent mistakes, the Light Battalion dyed their feathers red. The Regiment is the only one that has retained this distinction. It was nicknamed “Murray’s Bucks” from its Colonel’s name 1743 to 1764; also “The Surprisers” from its surprise of General Wayne’s American Brigade in September 1777; also “The Lacedemonians” from its Colonel making it a long speech under a heavy fire about the Lacedemonians and their discipline; also it is said to have been commonly known at one time as “The Edinburgh Regiment.” FORTY-SEVENTH FOOT.