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 Edward Trelawney’s|Scarlet,| Green, |Bunker’s Hill, 1775.
Regiment of Foot. | 1743--.|1743--. |Brooklyn, 1776.
1743–1751 | | |Brunx, 1776.
49th Foot. 1751–1782 | | |Brandywine, 1777.
49th Hertfordshire. | | |America, 1775–1778.
1782–1816 | | |St. Lucia, 1778.
49th Hertfordshire (The | | |Egmont-op-Zee, 1799.
Princess Charlotte of | | |Copenhagen, 1801.
Wales’s). 1816---- | | |Queenstown, 1812.
| | |Chrystler’s Farm, 1813.
| | |China, 1840–1842.
| | |Alma, 1854.
| | |Inkerman, 1854.
| | |Sevastopol, 1855.
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The Regiment was formed from two Companies of one of the Regiments
raised in the reign of Queen Anne, which had remained at Jamaica and of
six other Companies formed in that Colony.
It bears “The Dragon” for its services in China, 1840 to 1842.
It received its Title in 1816 in commemoration of its doing duty over
the Princess at Weymouth.
The Grenadier Company wore black tops to its white feathers, and the
Light Company red heckles, in commemoration of their conduct in the
American War, 1776.
FIFTIETH FOOT.
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