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  THE

  REGIMENTAL RECORDS

  OF THE

  BRITISH ARMY.




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  THE

  REGIMENTAL RECORDS

  OF THE

  BRITISH ARMY

  A Historical Résumé Chronologically Arranged

  OF

  TITLES, CAMPAIGNS, HONOURS, UNIFORMS,
  FACINGS, BADGES, NICKNAMES, ETC.

  BY

  JOHN S. FARMER.

  LONDON:

  GRANT RICHARDS, 9, HENRIETTA STREET.

  1901.




CONTENTS.


                                                            PAGE

    I.  THE CAVALRY                                            1

   II.  THE ROYAL ARTILLERY                                   61

  III.  THE ROYAL ENGINEERS                                   65

   IV.  THE FOOT GUARDS                                       69

    V.  TERRITORIAL REGIMENTS                                 77

   VI.  THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS                               221

  VII.  THE DEPARTMENTS                                      225

        APPENDICES--

        (1) A TABLE GIVING FORMER NUMBERS AND TERRITORIAL
            TITLES OF THE FOOT REGIMENTS                     233

        (2) THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF THE TERRITORIAL
            REGIMENTS                                        237




I.

THE CAVALRY.


The First Life Guards.

[Illustration: THE ROYAL ARMS.]


TITLES.

  1660-85. The 1st, or His Majesty's Own Troop of Guards.
  1685-1788. The 1st Troop of Life Guards of Horse.
  1788 (from). The 1st Life Guards.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

  1673. Maestricht.
  1690. Boyne.
  1692-97. Flanders.
  1692. Steenkirk.
  1693. Neer Landen.
  *1743. Dettingen.
  *1812-14. Peninsula.
  *1815. Waterloo.
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1882. Egypt.
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
  1884-5. Khartoum.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1660). Facings, Blue (probably from 1660,
  certainly from 1679). Plume, White.

  REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Arms."

  NICKNAMES.--"The Cheeses:" when re-modelled in 1788 the
  veterans declined to serve, alleging that the regiments of Life
  Guards then consisted of cheesemongers, not gentlemen; also
  "The Piccadilly Butchers" (having been called out to quell
  the Piccadilly Riots in 1810); also "Tin Bellies" (from the
  cuirasses); also "The Patent Safeties."

  NOTES.--Raised in Holland by Charles II., when in exile, and
  composed mainly of (80) Cavaliers who had fought in the Civil War
  under Charles I. The 3rd and 4th (Scots) Troops of Life Guards,
  added at the Union, but disbanded in 1746, saw much service in
  Flanders (1742-47). The 1st Life Guards wore cuirasses from its
  formation to 1698, and resumed them in 1821.


The Second Life Guards.

[Illustration: THE ROYAL ARMS.]


TITLES.

  1660-70. The 3rd, or The Duke of Albemarle's Troop of Guards.
  1670-85. The 2nd, or The Queen's Troop of Guards.
  1685-1746. The 2nd Troop of Life Guards of Horse: disbanded.
  1788 (from). The 2nd Life Guards.


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

  1673. Maestricht.
  1689-90. Flanders.
  1689. Walcourt.
  1694-97. Flanders.
  1695. Namur.
  *1743. Dettingen.
  *1812-14. Peninsula.
  *1815. Waterloo.
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1882. Egypt.
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
  1884-5. Khartoum.

  UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1690). Facings, Sea-green (1660 to
  1690-1742) in honour of Queen Catherine; blue (since 1742).
  Plume, White.

  REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Arms."

  NICKNAME.--(See note under "The First Life Guards.")

  NOTES.--Similar in origin to "The First Life Guards," and
  composed of Cavaliers who, having served under Charles I., fled
  at his death, entering the Spanish service as "His Royal Highness
  The Duke of York's Troop of Guards." In 1659 (when peace was
  declared) they retired to the Netherlands until reorganised by
  Charles II. in 1660 as "The Third Troop of Life Guards." In
  1670 it became "The Second Troop," and was disbanded in 1746.
  Cuirasses were worn from 1660 to 1698, and were resumed in 1821.

  BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the Life Guards._ Containing
  an Account of the Formation of the Corps in the year 1660, and of
  its Subsequent Services to 1835. [London: Clowes, 1836.]


The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues).

[Illustration: THE ROYAL ARMS.]


TITLES.

  1661-87. The Royal Regiment of Horse.
  1687-1750. The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards.
  1750-1819. The Royal Horse Guards Blue.
  1819 (from). The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues).


PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

  1685. Sedgemoor.
  1689-90. Flanders.
  1689. Walcourt.
  1690. Boyne.
  1691. Aughrim.
  1742-45. Flanders.
  *1743. Dettingen.
  1745. Fontenoy.
  1758-62. Germany.
  1759. Minden.
  1760. Warbourg.
  1761. Kirk Denkern.
  1762. Wilhelmstahl.
  1794-95. Flanders.
  1794. Cateau.
  1794. Tournay.
  *1812-14. Peninsula.
  1813. Vittoria.
  *1815. Waterloo.
  1815. Netherlands.
  *1882. Egypt.
  *1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
  1884-85. Nile.

  UNIFORM.--Blue with Scarlet facings (from 1661). Plume, Red.

  REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Arms."

  NICKNAMES.--(1) The Oxford Blues, _circa_ 1690, from its
  Colonel's name, the Earl of Oxford, and in distinction to a blue
  habited Dutch Regiment commanded by the Earl of Portland; (2) The
