The regiment was raised in 1715, and served uninterruptedly in Ireland
for 76 years. It won high reputation during the Peninsular War. It
subsequently fought gallantly at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo. It was
one of the regiments summoned from India to the Crimea, proceeding
there by way of the Red Sea and across the desert to Alexandria. It
subsequently returned to India and bore a distinguished part in the
operations in Central India under Sir Hugh Rose during the Mutiny.
Nicknamed the "Supple Twelfth" at Salamanca, from its dash and rapidity
of movement, in action.
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(_Depot_, Dublin.)
"Albuhera," "Vittoria," "Orthes," "Toulouse," "Peninsula,"
"Waterloo," "Alma," "Balaklava," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Relief
of Ladysmith," "South Africa, 1899-1902."
Motto: _Viret in Æternum_ (It flourishes for ever).
_Uniform_, Blue.
_Collars_, Buff.
_Head-dress_, Busby, with white plume and buff busby bag.
_Forage cap_, White, with blue band.
_Horse plume_, White.
Linked Regiment, 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars.
The "Honours" are worn on the Officers' shoulder belt.