-------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 53rd Foot. 1755–1757|Scarlet,| Sea- |Minden, 1759. 51st Foot. 1757–1782| 1755--.|Green, |Corbach, 1760. 51st Second Yorkshire | |1755– |Warbourg, 1760. West Riding. 1782–1809| | 1821. |Germany, 1758–1762. 51st Second Yorkshire | | Blue, |Minorca, 1782. West Riding Light | |1821--. |Corsica, 1794. Infantry. 1809–1821| | |Corunna, 1809. 51st, Second Yorkshire | | |Flushing, 1809. West Riding, The King’s| | |Fuentes-d’Onor, 1811. Own Light Infantry. | | |Badajos, 1812. 1821----| | |Salamanca, 1812. | | |Burgos, 1812. | | |Vittoria, 1813. | | |Pyrenees, 1813. | | |Nivelle, 1813. | | |Orthes, 1814. | | |Peninsula, 1808–1809. | | | Do., 1811–1814. | | |Waterloo, 1815. | | |Netherlands, 1815. | | |Pegu, 1852–1853. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised in Yorkshire, and its facings were chosen by its first Colonel, who had served in the 2nd Foot. The first Regiment numbered the 51st was raised in 1745 as “Pepperil’s American Provincials,” made 51st in 1754, and disbanded in 1757. It was nicknamed “The Kolis” from the initials of its Title received in 1821. FIFTY-SECOND FOOT.