Raised in 1702, and within a year was in Holland, and bore a gallant
part in Marlborough's campaigns. Few regiments can show a more eventful
record of service during the whole of its career, and it has won fame
in all parts of the world. The 37th is one of the six British infantry
regiments which fought at the battle of Minden, 1st August, 1759; still
commemorated in the regiment by the wearing of roses on the anniversary.
The 2nd Battalion (67th Foot) was raised in 1756 and after arduous
service in the West Indies, the Peninsula, and elsewhere it went to
India, where it served for twenty-one years and bore a distinguished
part in the capture, after a siege of eleven days, of the fortress of
Asseerghur, regarded as the Gibraltar of the East. For its gallantry in
India the crest of the Royal Tiger was bestowed. In subsequent service
in the East the 67th took part in the attack on the Taku Forts, where
four Victoria Crosses were won by Hampshire men.