1660-85. The King's Royal Regiment of Guards.
1685-1815. The First Regiment of Foot Guards.
1815 (from). The First, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1680-83. Tangier.
1685. Sedgemoor.
1691-97. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1702-13. Germany.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1704-8. Spain.
1705. Gibraltar.
1705-6. Barcelona.
1706. Ramilies.
1707. Almanza.
1708 Lisle.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Ghent.
1709. Tournay.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1710. Menin.
1710. Douai.
1729. Gibraltar.
1742-47. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1747. Val.
1758. Cherbourg.
1759-62. Germany.
1762. Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1776-81. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. Freehold.
1781. Guildford.
1793. Famars.
1793. Valenciennes.
*1793. Lincelles.
1793-95. Flanders.
1794. Cateau.
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1806-7. Sicily.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
1809. Flushing.
*1809. Corunna.
1811. Barossa.
1813. St. Sebastian.
1813. St. Marcial.
1813. Bidassoa.
1813. Nive.
1813. Nivelle.
1814. Bayonne.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
1826-27. Portugal.
1838-42. Canada.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1882. Egypt.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
*1885. Suakim.
*1898. Khartoum.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Blue facings (from formation).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--On formation "The Red Cross of St.
George" on a white ground; also (till 1815) "The Royal Cypher and
Crown." From 1815 "A Grenade," with three of the ancient company
badges in rotation (as Colours are renewed). Also, 1st Batt.--The
Imperial Crown. 2nd. Batt.--The Royal Cypher, interlaced and
reversed, surmounted by the Imperial Crown. 3rd Batt.--The same
as 2nd Batt. The company badges are:--
(1) The Royal Crest of England.
(2) The Red and White Rose.
(3) The Fleur de Lys.
(4) The Golden Portcullis.
(5) The Rose en Soleil.
(6) The Scottish Thistle.
(7) The Harp of Erin.
(8) The Red Dragon of Wales.
(9) The White Greyhound with Golden Collar and Chain.
(10) The Sun in Splendour.
(11) The Unicorn of the Royal Crown of Scotland.
(12) The Antelope.
(13) A Royal Hart.
(14) A Silver Falcon within a Golden Fetterlock.
(15) The Red Rose of Lancaster.
(16) A White Swan.
(17) The Falcon and Sceptre.
(18) A Stock of a Tree putting forth a Green Shoot.
(19) A Sword and Sceptre crossed.
(20) The Boscobel Oak.
(21) The Sun in the Clouds.
(22) A Blazing Beacon.
(23) Crossed Plumes.
(24) The Royal Crest of Ireland.
(25) The Cross of St. George.
(26) The Lion of Nassau.
(27) The Badge of the Order of the Bath.
(28) The Crest of Old Saxony.
(29) The Irish Shamrock.
(30) The Crest of H.R.H. the late Prince Consort.
NICKNAMES.--"The Sand Bags," "The Coal-heavers," "Old Eyes," "The
House-maids' Pets," "The Bermuda Exiles."
NOTES.--First raised in London by Colonel John Russell, and
incorporated with the Royal Guards of Charles II., raised by Lord
Wentworth in the Low Countries in 1656. The title received in
1815 was in recognition of having defeated the French Imperial
Guards at Waterloo.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_The Origin and History of the 1st or Grenadier
Guards._ By Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. W. Hamilton, K.C.B. 3 vols. With
Illustrations. [London: Murray. 1874.]
The Coldstream Guards.