1685-88. Colonel Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1751. (Its Colonel's name) Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 9th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Norfolk Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689. Londonderry.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Aughrim.
1701-4. Germany.
1702. Liége.
1702. Kaiserswerth.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Huy.
1704-10. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1707. Valencia d'Alcantara.
1707. Albuquerque.
1710. Almanara.
1710. Badajos.
1710. Vellina.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Havannah.
1775-81. America.
1777. Stillwater.
1794. Martinique.
1794. St. Lucia.
1796. Guadaloupe.
1796. Grenada.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Roleia.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1809. Douro.
*1810. Busaco.
1811. Barossa.
1811. Tarifa.
1811. Tarragona.
1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1813. St. Sebastian.
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Nive.
1813. Nivelle.
1814. Bayonne.
*1842. Cabool.
*1845. Moodkee.
*1845. Ferozeshah.
*1846. Sobraon.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
*1879. Cabool.
1889. Burma.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Blue facings (from 1685 to well on in
the 18th Century); Scarlet and Yellow facings (in 1751). In
Irish Army Lists, _circa_ 1718-46, it is set down as with Orange
facings. At present Scarlet and White facings.
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Figure of Britannia"--"This distinguished
badge was given to you for your gallantry at the battle of
Almanza, during the War of Succession in Spain, by Queen Anne.
On the occasion of that battle it is recorded that you lost 24
officers and had 300 killed and wounded out of 467. In retiring
from the field the regiment covered the retreat of General
Lord Galway, a most arduous, hazardous, and difficult service.
The regiment thus upheld the honour of Great Britain, and was
rewarded for it by Queen Anne by allowing them to wear the figure
of Britannia on their breastplates."--General BAINBRIDGE, _in
1848, when presenting new Colours_.
NICKNAMES, &C.--"The Holy Boys" (tradition says, for selling
Bibles for drink in the Peninsula; but tradition likewise says
because the Spaniards mistook the figure of Britannia on their
belts for the Virgin Mary). "The Fighting Ninth." "The Norfolk
Howards."
NOTES.--It captured the Colours of the 2nd Hampshire Regiment at
Fort Anne in 1777.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 9th, or East Norfolk
Regiment of Foot._ 1685-1847. Illustrated with plates. [London:
Parker. 1848.]
The Lincolnshire Regiment,