Raised in 1688. Its first services were in Flanders, where it
fought at the siege and capture of Namur. It took part in the most
sanguinary of Marlborough's victories, the battle of Malplaquet,
besides engaging in several of the sieges which constituted the latter
part of the campaign. The massacre in Ceylon of a detachment of the
regiment, consisting of 178 officers and men, forms one of the most
tragic episodes in military history. The remainder of the regiment
was speedily in the field to avenge those slaughtered, and an ample
retribution was exacted from the treacherous Candyans. During the
Crimean war it nobly upheld its reputation, and the regiment fought
with splendid bravery in the Tirah campaign, and in South Africa, being
present at the relief of Kimberley, and the battle of Paardeberg. It
added to its great name in the great war on the Continent.
Nickname: "The Green Howards," from its facings, and the name of its
first Colonel.
[Illustration: Drums and Silver-mounted Drum-Major's Staff taken by
the 2nd Battalion of the 34th Regiment (Border Regiment) from the 34th
Regiment of French Infantry of the Line, during the Peninsular War, at
the Battle of Arroyo-dos-Molinos, 28th October, 1811.]
[Illustration: The Lancashire Fusiliers.--Returning from a Review.]
[Illustration]
(_Depot_, Bury.)
(_Record Office_, Preston.)