-------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- 56th Foot. 1755–1757|Scarlet,| Buff, |Brooklyn, 1776. 54th Foot. 1757–1782| 1755--.| 1755– |America, 1776–1781. 54th West Norfolk. | | 1767. |Flanders, 1794–1795. 1782----| | Green, |Aboukir, 1801. | | 1767--.|Mandora, 1801. | | |Alexandria, 1801. | | |Marabout, 1801. | | |Egypt, 1801. | | |Buenos Ayres, 1806. | | |Monte-Video, 1807. | | |Antwerp, 1814. | | |Netherlands, 1814– | | | 1815. | | |Ava, 1824–1826. | | |Indian Mutiny, 1858. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was raised in Wiltshire and adjoining counties. It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801, where it captured a gun at the battle of Marabout. The first Regiment numbered 54th was raised in 1755, and is now the 52nd Light Infantry. FIFTY-FIFTH FOOT.