The regiment was raised in New York in 1755. The uniform was scarlet
with blue facings. It became the first green-coated rifle regiment in
1797, having scarlet facings and black leathern helmets. The roll of
honour shows how well the regiment has served in all the subsequent
campaigns, and it has a reputation for bravery and discipline second to
none in the Army.
Nicknames: "The Greenjackets," from the colour of the uniform; "The
Jaegers"; "The 60th Rifles"; and quite recently has been jocularly
dubbed "The Kaiser's Own" from the fact that the regimental badge, a
Maltese Cross, closely resembles the Iron Cross.
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(_Depot_, Devizes.)
(_Record Office_, Exeter.)
"Louisburg," "Nive," "Peninsula," "New Zealand," "Ferozeshah,"
"Sobraon," "Sevastopol," "Pekin, 1860," "South Africa, 1879,
1900-02."
_Uniform_, Scarlet.
_Facings_, Buff.
_Head-dress_, Helmet.
_Cap_, Blue.
_Regimental March_, "The Wiltshire."
Allied Regiment: 10th (North Otago) Regiment of New Zealand.